{Around 1.5 million people in Brazil have been infected in eight months and countries in South and Central America have seen cases.}<\/p>\n
A Colombian man has become South Africa’s first recorded case of the mosquito-borne Zika virus.<\/p>\n
The businessman was found to have the disease during a visit to Johannesburg, according to South Africa’s health minister Aaron Motsoaledi.<\/p>\n
He said the man “presented with fever and a rash approximately four days after arrival in South Africa but is now fully recovered”.<\/p>\n
Zika has caused international alarm, with the World Health Organisation declaring it a global public health emergency earlier this month.<\/p>\n
The virus originated in Africa but until 2007 there had been only 20 or so known human cases.<\/p>\n
In May 2015, a case was diagnosed in Brazil and, since then, it has spread rapidly.<\/p>\n
It is associated with neurological disorders microcephaly in babies and Guillain-Barre syndrome, which can cause paralysis.<\/p>\n
:: Zika Virus – The Cause Of The Outbreak<\/p>\n
Around 1.5 million people in Brazil have been infected in just eight months and 14 countries across South and Central America, including Barbados and Mexico, have reported locally-acquired cases.<\/p>\n
A woman who returned to Texas from El Salvador recently gave birth to a baby affected by the virus and there is concern that native mosquitos across the southern United States could spread the virus.<\/p>\n
For most people the virus poses little long-term risk.<\/p>\n
But because there is no treatment or vaccine – and the consequences for unborn babies so great – health authorities in Colombia and El Salvador have advised women not to become pregnant.<\/p>\n
Scientists are not sure why the virus is spreading so rapidly, but climate change has been suggested.<\/p>\n
Source:Sky News:[South Africa Confirms First Zika Virus Case->http:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/1645381\/south-africa-confirms-first-zika-virus-case]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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