3,100 Colombian women infected
More than 3,100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Saturday, as the disease continues its rapid spread across the Americas.
There are so far no recorded cases of Zika-linked microcephaly in Colombia, Santos said. The government is now uncertain about a previous projection for up to 500 cases of Zika-linked microcephaly, based on data from other countries battling the disease, he said.
Meanwhile, armed with brooms, spades and hoes, Hondurans by the thousands took part in a day of national mobilisation to try and eradicate mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus. Some 200,000 residents of this Central American nation spent Saturday ridding homes of standing water and fumigating areas suspected of harboring larvae from the virus-carrying mosquito.
Brazil is investigating the potential link between Zika infections and more than 4,000 suspected cases of microcephaly.
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