For the first time Zika infection in Pregnant women in Europe

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For the first time Zika infection in Pregnant women in Europe

May be caused by the Zika Virus of unborn children to life-threatening Schädelfehlbildungen. This is the first time the Virus in a Pregnant woman in Europe has been established.

The Zika infection has been with a pregnant woman in Catalonia diagnosed, such as the Spanish Ministry of health announced. The woman was previously in Colombia travel.

The Spanish health Ministry said a total of seven “imported” Zika cases. The pregnant woman will receive medical care, after symptoms of illness have shown. You will find in the second third of the pregnancy, her case was “not severe,” it said without further explanations.

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Up to 1.5 million people in Brazil infected

Because of the Zika epidemic had the world health organization (WHO) on 1. February a “global Gesundheitsnotstand” was proclaimed. Affected so far are mainly countries in Latin America, especially Brazil. Spain has due to the colonial past close relations with numerous countries in Latin America. In Europe, some of the Zika-cases, before the case in Spain but not in Pregnant women. The Spanish Ministry of health, emphasized by the cases is not the risk of a further spread in Spain.

The Virus is Gelbfiebermücken transmitted to and from Brazil in a total of 26 countries spread. There is a suspected infection of Pregnant heavy Schädelfehlbildungen their babies initiate. In Brazil could be up to 1.5 million people have been infected – but about three-quarters, notice this is not the Zika previously rather harmless passes: a Slight headache and redness can be symptoms. So far there is no vaccine and no medication to treat Diseased.

The Virus is suspected of serious Schädelfehlbildungen in babies cause

Rousseff under pressure

In Uruguay’s capital, Montevideo, decided the Ministers of health from 14 countries, including Brazil and Colombia, a plan of action to combat the Zika Virus. The policy of the States should be better coordinated and the population with information campaigns to better inform.

Meanwhile, the unit of Brazil head of state Dilma Rousseff because of the epidemic are increasingly under pressure. During a television speech with the reminder to the common fight against the Gelbfiebermücke were thousands of people in the cities of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte on their balconies and lent their Protest with Kochtopfschlagen expression.

cr/kle (dpa, afp)