Venezuela has announced
the first Zika-related deaths in the South American country.
Associated
Press report continues:
President
Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday that at least three people have died in
Venezuela due to complications related to the mosquito-borne Zika virus. He
added that 68 people have been hospitalized with complications confirmed to be
related to the virus.
Maduro
did not say what the complications were or how the deaths had been confirmed to
be Zika-related.
Venezuela
is reporting more than 5,000 suspected cases of Zika since November of last
year. Local health organizations say the real number of Zika is likely much
higher.
Investigators are studying
a possible link to Guillain-Barre syndrome, which can cause temporary paralysis
and is sometimes fatal, and to birth defects.
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