New Zika Infection Decreases, Puerto Rico: The Epidemic Has Ended




The decline in new virus infections Zika makes the Puerto Rican government downgraded its emergency status. As of Monday, June 5, 2017 yesterday, the Zika epidemic was declared over by the Puerto Rican government.

Data from the Department of Health of Puerto Rico mentioned since April that there are only 10 cases of new Zika infections per month. This amount is much less than in August 2016 when the infection reached its peak and recorded there were 8,000 cases per month.
Even so, the Ministry of Health still provides a warning to pregnant women and children born from positive mothers Zika to travel abroad. This is done to prevent any new outbreaks outside Puerto Rico.



"The number of new infections has dropped significantly, we consider that what was previously called the Zika epidemic has ended," our focus now is to control mosquito populations and provide health services for people already infected with Zika earlier, "the Department of Health of Puerto Rico, quoted by Reuters.

In response to the statement, the US Director of Central for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Anne Schuchat, said that although the number of new infections has decreased, travel warning travel for US citizens who want to travel to Puerto Rico is still in force. This is because the nature of the Zika virus that can last long, either in the human body or mosquitoes.


"We are also happy with the progress in handling Zika in Puerto Rico, but we should not be unaware that mosquitoes in Puerto Rico are still infected with Zika and remain at risk for new infections," he said.

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