Nicaragua confirms 124 Zika cases, incl 12 pregnant women

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Nicaragua: add 29 people infected with zika


4 FEB 2016

The number of cases of zika infection in Nicaragua totaled 29 people, but none corresponds to pregnant women, reported Thursday government spokeswoman Rosario Murillo.

The spokeswoman said that laboratory tests show that eight new cases, six women and two men, were confirmed in different parts of the country.

"More comrades who are confirmed as cases of Zika, no pregnant comrades," - "no hay compa?eras embarazadas" - Murillo said. The number of women hit by the epidemic, during pregnancy remains at five in the country officially.
- "El n?mero de mujeres alcanzadas por la epidemia en estado de pre?ez se mantiene en cinco en todo el pa?s oficialmente" -.

Murillo called for calm to women who have been confirmed with zika and expect babies as specialists Pan American Health Organization have said that is not yet definitive evidence of the link between Zika virus and microcephaly.

The spokeswoman said that as of Friday and during the weekend across the country thousands of Nicaraguans will be mobilized to work in all the communities and neighborhoods in a day of national health to eliminate mosquito breeding sites and make greater awareness in the population health problem.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Fri Feb 5, 2016

Nicaragua says detects Zika in three pregnant women


Nicaragua said on Thursday it has confirmed its first three cases of Zika in pregnant women in different parts of the country, taking the total number of cases in the Central American country to 29.

Government spokeswoman Rosario Murillo, who is also Nicaragua's first lady, said the women were each three to four months pregnant, and that the country was forging ahead with a fumigation program.

 

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Nicaragua reported six pregnant with zika

ACAN-EFE 02/24/2016

The number of pregnant women infected with the virus Zika in Nicaragua increased to six, said Wednesday February 24 the Ministry of Health, which accounts for a total of 80 cases of enfermadad in the country.

The new infected is a 20-year-old native of Managua with 12 weeks of pregnancy, said the coordinator of the Communication and Citizenship Council, Rosario Murillo, reading the report of the Ministry.

Lea: Declare war on zika in Nicaragua

So far the department of Managua is the most affected, with 56 of the 80 cases; Leon followed with six; Chinandega and Nueva Segovia, with five each; Masaya and Granada, with three each; and Carazo and Rivas, with one.
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http://www.laprensa.com.ni/2016/02/24/nacionales/1991718-nicaragua-reporta-seis-embarazadas-con-zika

 

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Nicaragua reported 4 new cases of Zika virus
MAR 9, 2016 - 3:46 PM

Managua, March 9 (ACAN-EFE). - The Ministry of Health of Nicaragua today reported four new people affected with the virus zika, bringing the number of infected rose to 108, including nine pregnant.

The four new patients are female, no pregnant and all originate in Managua, he explained the coordinator of the Communication and Citizenship Council, Rosario Murillo, reading a report by the Ministry.

...ACAN-EFE

http://www.latribuna.hn/2016/03/09/nicaragua-reporta-4-nuevos-casos-del-virus-del-zika/

 

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124 confirmed cases of zika in Nicaragua

The weekend just a new case of the virus was reported, the government reported

Managua, Nicaragua | March 21, 2016 | 5:08 pm | ACAN-EFE

The number of infections of the Zika virus in Nicaragua increased to 124 this weekend, said the Ministry of Health (MoH).

"We have the good news that there is only one positive case of zika (reported) on the weekend , 124 confirmed cases , " he said through official media government spokeswoman, Rosario Murillo.

Murillo, who gave no further details about the new case report indicated that the number of pregnant women infected with the virus is maintained in 12 .

The government said on January 27 the first two cases of zika in the country, where a plan of extermination of mosquito larvae breeding and applied.

The zika is not usually a fatal disease , but the incidence in pregnant women has been linked to cases of microcephaly in fetuses .

http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/nacionales/388150-confirman-124-casos-zika-nicaragua/

 

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...cases diagnosed as positive rises to 184...
Mothers affected by zika stop healthy children in Nicaragua

Managua, May 9 (Prensa Latina) A total of five pregnant women affected by Zika virus in Nicaragua gave birth to healthy children without microcephaly, reported today the coordinator of the Communication and Citizenship Council, Rosario Murillo.
The figure includes three babies born during the weekend, he said.

With the report of two new cases diagnosed as positive rises to 184 (counting 34 pregnant women) the number of Nicaraguans affected by the pandemic since its appearance in the country on 27 January.

Last week, Murillo reported that the government ordered the special attention to pregnant women infected with zika, work which would involve directly the ministers of Health, Women and the Family... :tiphat: http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4863631&Itemid=1