Czech Health Officials Announce First Zika Cases In The Country
KABUL: (MEP) Czech health officials have announced on Thursday the first cases of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in the Czech Republic.
Further details on the report would be provided at a press conference later in the morning, according to the officials.
The World Health Organization declared the Zika outbreak linked to thousands of birth defects in Brazil an international health emergency on Feb. 1, citing a “strongly suspected” relationship between Zika infection in pregnancy and microcephaly in newborns.
It was not clear where the people in the Czech Republic contracted the virus or whether they had traveled to countries such as Brazil, where Zika has hit hardest, Reuters reported.
