Suspected Zika Cases Reach 851, 52 Confirmed

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Latest figures from the Department of Health show that the Zika virus continues to spread in the territory.

The number of patients seen at the Emergency Room of the LBJ Hospital and clinics as well as at the community health centers with symptoms of Zika has reached 851 as of September 15.

Symptoms of zika, which is carried by mosquitoes, include a fever, body ache, red eyes and a body rash,

The number of confirmed cases has reached 52, and the number of those cases which are pregnant women is 21.

For more than 4 months now the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention has been sending personnel to help local authorities with prevention, detection, and treatment of Zika.

Pregnant women are a special focus group for Zika surveillance and treatment because of the risk to the unborn baby.

In South America, babies born to pregnant women who contracted Zika have abnormally small heads.

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