American-US Woman Catches Zika Virus in Phillipines

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Department of Health of the Philippines said on Sunday that an American woman, who had been in the Philippines for four weeks, tested positive of Zika virus, reported Manila Bulletin 

The Philippines health Department received an email from the US center for the diseases stating that a US citizen had the symptoms of Zika Virus.

The woman had believed to of been holidaying in the Philippines for 4 weeks in January. 

So far the Philippines had only one confirmed case of the Zika Virus in 2012. This is the second only,
which has been confirmed after the woman received laboratory tests in America.

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