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    3 new cases of Zika confirmed in Canada

    CTVNews.ca Staff

    Published Thursday, February 25, 2016 4:06PM EST

    Three new cases of Zika virus have been confirmed in Canada, federal health officials tell CTV News.

    The new cases are in Saskatchewan, Ontario and Alberta. Details on age and sex were not provided.

    Ontario?s public health agency confirmed last Friday that one person in that province had tested positive for Zika after traveling to Colombia.

    Alberta Health has identified at least four lab-confirmed cases there: one in 2013 and three in 2016.

    In late January, the BC Centre for Disease Control confirmed two cases of Zika in British Columbia: one in a person who had been to El Salvador and the other in a person who had traveled to Colombia.
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    Three new cases of Zika virus have been confirmed in Canada, federal health officials tell CTV News. The new cases are in Saskatchewan, Ontario and Alberta.
    "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
    -Nelson Mandela
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