Ontario Zika Cases Increase To 62

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Laboratory-confirmed travel-related cases of Zika virus in Ontario^{^} as of May 25, 2016

Number of laboratory-confirmed*cases	Countries of Travel§
62*	Aruba, Barbados, Brazil, Columbia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, French West Indies, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, South Caribbean, Venezuela

*Note: One of the 62 laboratory-confirmed cases of Zika virus in Ontario is non-travel related.

• ^*Laboratory testing is currently being performed by the National Microbiology Laboratory.
• ^§The countries listed are based on the travel history provided by the person tested. In some instances, a person may have travelled to multiple countries prior to infection.
  ^{The countries listed are based on the travel history provided by cases, however, this listing does not reflect the risk of acquisition of Zika virus. The World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization currently list the following countries as having local transmission of Zika virus: American Samoa, Aruba, Barbados, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bonaire, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Jamaica, Lao People, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Saint Maarten, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Vanuatu, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of).}
• ^{^}Please note, the ministry will be updating this website each week on Wednesday.

http://health.gov.on.ca/en/public/publications/disease/zika.aspx 

Edited May 27, 2016 by niman

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