Colombia counts 5,000 pregnant women with zika

bogota - In Colombia, more than five thousand pregnant women infected with the zikavirus. That the health authorities reported in the country. In total, more than 31,000 Colombians infected.

The number of infections is almost a quarter higher than a week ago. Among pregnant women is even nearly sixty percent.

The virus is associated with brain abnormalities in the unborn child, although that is not associated yet been proven conclusively. In Colombia no known children born with the disorder. The authorities call women who are pregnant to postpone pregnancy six to eight months.

For most people, does a zika infection without symptoms. In a small proportion causing virus flu-like symptoms. A single case has a fatal outcome.