More deformed babies by zikavirus
World
January 27, 2016 16:35
- The number of babies in Brazil with a malformation of the skull was found, already exceeds 4000. The authorities establish a link with the zikavirus. It reports the Brazilian newspaper O Globo, based on data from the Ministry of Health.
The department currently has two hundred new cases every week. Scientists suspect that the virus is transmitted by mosquitoes and causes brain damage. The zikavirus spreads over the entire American continent, so far with the exception of Canada and Chile.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff binds battle with the disorder. If it wants to deploy 220 000 soldiers to fight the mosquito by destroying the places where it lays its eggs.
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