Zika Cases In Canada Increase To 14

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Zika virus cases in Canada, as of February 25, 2016

Country	Locally acquired	Travel-related
Canada	0	14

Edited February 25, 2016 by niman

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3 new cases of Zika confirmed in Canada

A government worker fumigates for the Aedes aegypti mosquito in Veracruz, Panama, on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

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Published Thursday, February 25, 2016 4:06PM EST 

Three new cases of Zika virus have been confirmed in Canada, federal health officials tell CTV News.

The new cases are in Saskatchewan, Ontario and Alberta. Details on age and sex were not provided.

Ontario’s public health agency confirmed last Friday that one person in that province had tested positive for Zika after traveling to Colombia.

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Alberta Health has identified at least four lab-confirmed cases there: one in 2013 and three in 2016.

In late January, the BC Centre for Disease Control confirmed two cases of Zika in British Columbia: one in a person who had been to El Salvador and the other in a person who had traveled to Colombia.

Most of those infected with Zika do not develop symptoms, and those who become ill generally have only a minor fever, rash, eye problems and/or joint pain.

However, the virus has prompted an emergency warning from the World Health Organization, because of mounting evidence in Brazil that the virus is causing thousands of babies born with abnormally small heads, a condition known as Microcephaly.

The risk to Canadians who do not travel to one of 48 infected countries or territories is considered very low. That’s because the type of mosquitoes that spread Zika don’t thrive in Canada, according to Dr. David Williams, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health.

With files from The Canadian Press

http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/3-new-cases-of-zika-confirmed-in-canada-1.2792954?hootPostID=f2a25787ef8957eca554aa2071dcf491

 

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• There have been 4 lab-confirmed cases of Zika in Alberta, 1 in 2013 and 3 in 2016.
• All cases were acquired due to travel and the returning travellers do not pose a risk to public health in Alberta.
• http://www.health.alberta.ca/health-info/zika-virus.html
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Zika virus case confirmed in Saskatchewan

Zika virus disease is caused by a virus transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes

CBC News Posted: Feb 25, 2016 4:25 PM CT Last Updated: Feb 25, 2016 4:25 PM CT

A case of Zika Virus has been confirmed in Saskatchewan.

The Public Health Agency of Canada has confirmed the province's first case of Zika virus on Thursday afternoon. 

According to a release from the Government of Saskatchewan, public health officials have been doing all the necessary case follow-up work in the province, notifying the person, and their physicians.

The province's Medical Health Officer, Dr  Saqib Shahab will be speaking with media on Friday.

The province could not provide details about the location of the confirmed case. 

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The Zika virus is spread by mosquito bites and causes mild infections. But there's mounting evidence linking it to a birth defect in Brazil.

Zika infection in pregnant women is associated with a rare condition called microcephaly, in which the head is smaller than normal and the brain doesn't develop properly.

The virus is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, which are not found in Canada.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/zika-virus-case-in-sask-1.3464643