Tag: Dallas County Health and Human Services

United States records first Zika virus case

The first Zika virus case in the United States of America was recorded in Texas with the Dallas County Health and Human Services announcing that the person contacted the virus due to personal contact with a person coming from a country affected by Zika. The health department added that the public should be more careful as the Zika virus can be transmitted through close and personal contact. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, […]

US reports first locally transmitted case of Zika virus

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (PNA/Xinhua) — The first locally transmitted case of Zika virus in the United States has been reported in a county in Texas, the county’s health department said Tuesday. Dallas County Health and Human Services said in a statement that the patient was infected with the virus after having sexual contact with an ill individual who returned from a country where Zika virus is present. For medical confidentiality and personal privacy reasons, the […]