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  • Mexico confirms first case of microcephaly from Zika

    Sat Feb 4, 2017

    Mexico has confirmed the first case of microcephaly linked to the Zika virus, the health ministry said on Friday.

    The affected child, a girl, was born prematurely on Nov. 5, 2016, and died at the moment of birth, the ministry said in a statement. Between November 2015 and this January, 7,634 cases of Zika infection have been confirmed, the ministry added.

    Mexico has confirmed the first case of microcephaly linked to the Zika virus, the health ministry said on Friday.
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