A baby has been born at Jackson Memorial Hospital with microcephaly, according to Dr. Christine Curry.

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Baby born with Zika at Jackson Memorial Hospital

15 women have delivered at the hospital, tested positive for Zika

By Paradise Afshar - Digital Editor

Posted: 9:11 PM, September 07, 2016Updated: 9:11 PM, September 07, 2016

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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. - A baby has been born at Jackson Memorial Hospital with microcephaly, according to Dr. Christine Curry.

In total 15 pregnant women who have delivered at the hospital have tested positive for Zika, Curry said.

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Those women are being monitored by doctors at the hospital.

"Zika is a thing. Zika is real, and while we don't understand it fully, that is not a reason to dismiss its impact,"  Curry said while addressing the public at the Miami Beach commission meeting on Wednesday.

Last month a baby girl tested positive for the Zika virus is being treated by doctors in South Florida. The baby's mother contracted the Zika virus while traveling while pregnant off the coast of Venezuela.

The baby has not been diagnosed with microcephaly, but doctors said the child is suffering from other Zika-related side effects.

Healthcare workers continue to test expecting mothers for the virus. 

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