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Indian biotechnology firm Bharat Biotech based in southern Hyderabad city, said on Wednesday (February 3) it was working on two possible vaccines to fight the Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects in thousands of babies in Brazil. The virus is spreading rapidly in the Americas, and WHO officials on Tuesday (February 2) expressed concern that it could hit Africa and Asia as well. No vaccine has been developed so far. Chairman and […]
The first Zika virus case in the United States of America was recorded in Texas with the Dallas County Health and Human Services announcing that the person contacted the virus due to personal contact with a person coming from a country affected by Zika. The health department added that the public should be more careful as the Zika virus can be transmitted through close and personal contact. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, […]
The Philippine Red Cross is asking individuals that came from countries affected by the Zika virus to refrain from donating blood, with PRC Chairman Richard Gordon adding that this a precaution to avoid the spread of said virus in the Philippines. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/TjOB347IzPI
The Department of Health will start the screening of those who are suspected of having the Zika virus, with Health Secretary Janet Garin saying the DOH will conduct said testing in six hospitals all over the Philippines. Garin added that they have disseminated over 1, 000 testing kits for the said virus. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/jkSm44dYHYg
(Courtesy CCTV) — A Portugal tropical disease expert urged Europe to be vigilant against possible Zika virus outbreak. Vitor Laerte, an expert at the Portuguese Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases, said that “Based on previous cases that we’ve recorded here in Europe of other viruses like Chikungunya, we have had cases in Italy, south of France, south of Spain, so [in] these areas, there is a species of mosquito, albopictus, that adapts itself […]
The World Health Organization gave the Zika virus an international public health emergency due to the thousands of birth defects recorded in Brazil. According to reports, the Zika virus has spread over 24 countries in South America. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
(Reuters) — The World Health Organization has declared the mosquito-borne Zika virus to be an international public health emergency due to its link to thousands of suspected cases of birth defects in Brazil. WHO Director-General Margaret Chan told reporters on Monday (February 1) coordinated international action was needed to improve detection and speed work on a vaccine and better diagnostics for the disease, although curbs on travel or trade were not necessary. The emergency […]
(Eagle News) – A committee from the World Health Organization (WHO) will convene today, Monday, February 1, to assess the Zika virus outbreak and to ascertain if it is already a public health emergency of international concern. No less than WHO Director-General, Margaret Chan, will convene an International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on Zika virus and observed increase in neurological disorders and neonatal malformations. The Committee will meet on Monday 1 February in Geneva […]
There are two potential vaccines for the Zika virus but said vaccines will be tested at the end of 2016. The US National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease is now meeting with pharmaceutical companies for potential partners. At press time, there is no recorded Zika virus case in the United States. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/dXUYM9y5VXU
Hilda Venancio da Silva holds nurses her three-month-old son Matheus, born in October with microcephaly, a tragic neurological complication linked to Zika, the mosquito-borne virus sparking a health scare across the Americas. But she is not alone. In the hospital where he was born, dozens of other mothers also gave birth to infants with abnormally small heads. More than 1,000 cases of microcephaly have been reported in just a few months in Pernambuco state, the […]
(Reuters) — The mosquito-borne Zika virus could be linked to 4,000 suspected cases of microcephaly in Brazil including 49 deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday (January 26). “Now, associated with Zika right now in Brazil, we see close to 4,000 microcephaly cases. Microcephaly again, is the condition with abnormally small heads in infants, in babies born, which normally goes along with a smaller brain development as well. Many, quite some already […]
The Department of Health (DOH) is ready and on alert to prevent the spread of the zika virus in the Philippines. Said virus is already rampant in Latin America and is known to cause brain damage. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
