Dominican Republic - First case of Zika Virus recorded - Media report - MOH denies

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The first case of "zika" virus is recorded in the province of Puerto Plata​

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El Nuevo Diario, PUERTO PLATA Although the authorities of the Ministry of Health activated protocols to prevent the spread of tropical diseases, in this city of Puerto Plata and the first case of "zika" virus was recorded that like dengue and Chikungunya is transmitted by the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

According to a reliable source, the patient affected with "zika" virus is a 12-year-old daughter a young lawyer resident in one of the sectors of the southern part of Puerto Plata, which is expressed desperate: "Almighty God, my child has the new virus called" Zika "and is the first case registered in the province of Puerto Plata."

It added that the least affected with this new virus, is admitted to a private clinic in Puerto Plata, where medical staff that caters for several days communicated to his family that "zika" virus is transmitted by the same mosquito of dengue and chikungunya disease, but symptoms are milder but similar to these epidemics mentioned above.

Also see:

Maranhao, Brazil: Reports of outbreaks of undiagnosed illness - February 2015 + - MOH confirms Zika Virus

 

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Authorities deny existence of "zika" virus in Puerto Plata​

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El Nuevo Diario, PUERTO PLATA The authorities of the Ministry of Health, through its provincial office of Puerto Plata, on Tuesday denied the existence of "zika" virus in this jurisdiction.

Before the commotion caused by this information, the provincial health director in Puerto Plata; Wadi Musa Valerio said that everything was a false alarm by a young lawyer mother of a 12-year-old, who was admitted to a private clinic in Puerto Plata and their families mistakenly believed that it could be the virus "Zika".

Valerio Musa said the "Zika" is a pox viral disease like dengue and Chikungunya are solely transmission vector mosquito Aedes aegypti, but that despite the existence of mosquito cited, in our country there is this virus for months as the authorities of the Ministry of Health activated protocols to prevent entry into the country "Zika", Ebola and other tropical diseases.

Also, epidemiologist Dr. Eliza Polanco, reiterated that it is not true that in this city of Puerto Plata is the first recorded case of "Zika" virus of the country and attributed the rumor, the desperate state of a mother.