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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Haiti on Sunday reported its first novel coronavirus death, a 55-year-old man who had underlying health conditions. The health ministry said the man suffered from diabetes and hypertension. He was one of only 21 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus in Haiti, a demographically young country where over half those diagnosed with the disease have been under age 45. Only 218 tests for the new coronavirus have been carried out […]
(Eagle News)–The first confirmed novel coronavirus case in Cavite is now in stable condition. Imus Mayor Emmanuel Maliksi said patient number 20, a seaman who hails from Imus, has responded well to treatment. Cavite Gov. Jonvic Remulla earlier said the 48-year-old man who had passed through Narita airport in Japan was confined in the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine. Remulla had said the government was tracing the contacts the patient may have had contact with. […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Florida on Tuesday reported its first case of a baby born with the birth defect microcephaly after the child’s mother, a Haitian citizen, was infected with the Zika virus while pregnant, officials said. The mother contracted Zika in Haiti and came to Florida to deliver the baby, said a statement from Governor Rick Scott’s office. The Florida Department of Health confirmed the case. Zika is primarily transmitted by mosquitoes but […]
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AFP) — El Salvador on Tuesday confirmed its first case of microcephaly in a baby that was linked to a Zika infection in the mother. Microcephaly is a birth defect that causes an abnormally small head and deformed brain. Health Minister Violeta Menjivar said the infant was born in April to a family living in the country’s central La Paz province, and the Zika connection was proved “a short while ago.” […]
