China Confirms First Case Of Zika Virus

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Chinese officials have confirmed that they have found its first case of the Zika virus.

The virus was discovered in a 34-year-old man from Ganxian county.

The man is now said to of been quarantined ins hospital while he recovers from a temperature.

Chinese scientists plan to launch a study using mosquitoes infected with bacteria in an attempt to fight the virus.

China’s National health Commission announced the country’s first case of Zika virus on February 9th.

The patient had recently returned from Venezuela, he displayed symptoms of a headache, dizziness and fever.

According to Chinese scientists, millions of laboratory-produced Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected with the Wolbachia bacteria will be released at two or three trial sites in Guangdong.

Officials have said that the chances of a national Zika epidemic were very low, given the freezing conditions in China.

Zika has been linked to severe birth defects in thousands of babies in Brazil, with cases multiplying.

There is currently no vaccine to prevent the spread of Zika although research is ongoing. 

 

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