'Zika virus unlikely to reach SA'

Monday, 01 February 2016, 07:50
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'Zika virus unlikely to reach SA'
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases says it’s highly unlikely the Zika virus will reach South Africa’s shores.
NATIONAL NEWS - The National Institute for Communicable Diseases says it’s highly unlikely the Zika virus will reach South Africa’s shores.

There’s an outbreak of the virus in some south and central American countries.

Pregnant women are being advised to be particularly careful not to get bitten by a specific mosquito that transmits the virus.

The institute’s Lucille Blumberg says South Africans travelling to those countries must take the necessary precautions.

“For South Africa is a little different, Zika has only been identified northern Uganda, in Africa. So it is spread by specific mosquitos.”
 

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