The World Health Organization (WHO) held an emergency meeting Monday on this virus, transmitted by mosquito bite and spreads "explosively" in the Americas, with 3 to 4 million cases expected this year including 1.5 million already in Brazil, the country most affected.
Zika virus spreads. Martinique is in epidemic phase. In the streets of the daily Matiniquais does not seem to have changed. They refuse to give in to psychosis, but they wonder: how to protect themselves from Zika virus? Here, the infection has already been confirmed in ten pregnant women.
Risk of birth defects
Most often, the mosquito-borne virus is manifested by similar syndromes flu. But for pregnant women, the risk is real. The infection can cause birth defects in the baby. In recent days the consultations explode. The Health Minister, Marisol Touraine, following the evolution of the virus has sent a health team in Martinique to assess the needs of hospitals and doctors.
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