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Jamaica confirms two more cases of Zika Virus
The Ministry of Health is reporting two more confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne Zika Virus in Jamaica.
This increases the number of confirmed Zik-V cases to three. It's not known if the latest cases were locally transmitted.
Acting Chief Medical Officer in the Health Ministry, Dr Winston De La Haye, says two samples tested at the virology lab at the University of the West Indies, Mona, were positive for the virus. The lab began testing for the virus last week.
Dr De La Haye says the Ministry received the results yesterday evening and will provide details of the cases today.
Jamaica recorded its first Zika case on January 29.
Symptoms of the virus, which is spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, include mild fever, red or sore eyes, headache, joint pain and rash.
Researchers have linked the virus with babies being born with a condition known as Microcephaly or smallness of the head. A rare nervous system disorder, Guillain-Barre syndrome, that can cause temporary paralysis, has also been linked to the virus.am.
, Fri March 18, 2016
The Ministry of Health is reporting two more confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne Zika Virus in Jamaica.
This increases the number of confirmed Zik-V cases to three. It's not known if the latest cases were locally transmitted.
Acting Chief Medical Officer in the Health Ministry, Dr Winston De La Haye, says two samples tested at the virology lab at the University of the West Indies, Mona, were positive for the virus. The lab began testing for the virus last week.
Dr De La Haye says the Ministry received the results yesterday evening and will provide details of the cases today.
Jamaica recorded its first Zika case on January 29.
Symptoms of the virus, which is spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, include mild fever, red or sore eyes, headache, joint pain and rash.
Researchers have linked the virus with babies being born with a condition known as Microcephaly or smallness of the head. A rare nervous system disorder, Guillain-Barre syndrome, that can cause temporary paralysis, has also been linked to the virus.am.
, Fri March 18, 2016