More than 5,000 Pregnant Colombian Women Infected With Zika Virus

Colombia’s National Health Institute said Saturday that more than 5,000 pregnant women in the country are infected with the Zika virus. The total number of people diagnosed in Colombia has reached 31,555, the institute said in its Epidemiology Bulletin, among them 5,013 pregnant women. The latest figures of Zika cases indicate a 23 percent increase over last week's total, while in pregnant women the number went up 57.8 percent. There is currently no treatment for Zika and much...

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