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Detected the first case of zika in a pregnant woman in Spain

 

  • This is a pregnant woman in the second trimester of pregnancy who developed symptoms after traveling to Colombia
  • This case has been registered in Catalonia and are already seven detected in Spain

Miguel Huertas

Date 04/02/2016 at 17:19  
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Photography of January 30, 2016, the mosquito Aedes Aegypti in San José (Costa Rica).

Photography of January 30, 2016, the mosquito Aedes Aegypti in San José (Costa Rica).

The Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality reported Thursday in a press release of the first case in Spain "of a pregnant woman who developed symptoms" of having contracted the zika "after traveling to Colombia". The patient was diagnosed in Catalonia, "is in the second third of pregnancy and are under medical supervision," according to health. So far, seven people have been diagnosed with infection with this virus in our country, all of them "after visiting affected countries, what is imported cases , "says the ministry. Three of these patients would be in Catalonia, including the pregnant-woman, two in Murcia and two in Castilla y León. All of them are in good health and their situation "does not resist gravity" .The cases of Zika discovered in Spain viruses enter "so far" within the provisions of epidemiologists and "pose no risk of spreading the virus our country "and that the ministry insists," it is imported cases. "
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Spain confirms case of Zika virus in a pregnant woman - the first in Europe

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16:49, UK, Thursday 04 February 2016

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A pregnant woman in Spain who had travelled to Colombia has the Zika virus, health officials say.

Colombia is one of a number of South America countries which has been affected by the outbreak.

The woman, from Catalunya, was having clinical tests but she was described as being in good health and has not been admitted to hospital.

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http://news.sky.com/story/1636105/spain-confirms-zika-virus-in-pregnant-woman

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