Brazil - Maranh?o state health says there are 2640 "unofficial" Zika cases including 5 confirmed - November 30, 2015

[sharon sanders]

Ministry of Health and SES update data on Zika in Maranh?o

On Saturday (28), was confirmed relationship between virus and cases of microcephaly.
There are 2,640 unofficial and only five cases confirmed by serology.



The State Department of Health (SES) said, on Monday (30), which were registered, unofficially, 2,640 cases of Zika virus. Of these, only five were confirmed by serology
The Ministry of Health updated this morning the data on cases of Zika virus nationwide. At the weekend, it was confirmed the relation between the virus and microcephaly cases in Brazil.

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http://g1.globo.com/ma/maranhao/noticia/2015/11/ministerio-da-saude-e-ses-atualizam-dados-sobre-zika-no-maranhao.html

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[sharon sanders]

Government statement -

November 30, 2015

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Maranh?o were registered, unofficially, 2,640 cases of Zika virus. However, confirmed by serology only five. In Brazil, there are already 1,248 reported cases of microcephaly in 1,933 municipalities in 14 states, released at a news simultaneous news conference on Monday (30) by Health Minister, Marcelo Castro, in Bras?lia (DF).


http://www.saude.ma.gov.br/saude/gov...s-no-maranhao/


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