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    Life | Fri Jul 8, 2016 7:29pm BST Related: HEALTH

    El Salvador confirms second case of Zika-linked microcephaly

    SAN SALVADOR | BY NELSON RENTERIA
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    Elmer Mendoza, an epidemiologist at the Health Ministry's Research Unit, said a newborn girl in the state of Ahuachapan, 64 miles (103 km) west of the capital, had tested positive for microcephaly, but the baby was stable...

    "She is well ... We know that it is moderate microcephaly," Mendoza said. "Zika came out positive."

    According to officials in the poor Central American country, there are 308 pregnant women suspected of having been infected with Zika, of which 118 gave birth to babies without a birth defect. ...

    Health authorities reported 6,848 suspected cases of infection nationwide.

    "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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