Zika virus found in Danish tourist returning from South America

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Zika virus found in Danish tourist returning from South America

Copenhagen - Britain has reported a handful of cases in travellers returning from South America.

By AFP

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Published: Wed 27 Jan 2016, 10:41 AM

Last updated: Wed 27 Jan 2016, 12:44 PM

A Danish tourist returning from Latin America has been diagnosed with the Zika virus, which has been blamed for a surge in birth defects in Brazil and other countries in the region, a hospital said.
"A Danish tourist who travelled to Central and South America was diagnosed on his return with the Zika virus," Aarhus hospital in eastern Denmark said in a statement late Tuesday.
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Britain has also reported a handful of cases in travellers returning from South America.
 


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