Mexico confirms first case of microcephaly from Zika

  04 February 2017    Read: 1459
Mexico confirms first case of microcephaly from Zika
Mexico has confirmed the first case of microcephaly linked to the Zika virus, the health ministry said on Friday.
The affected child, a girl, was born prematurely on Nov. 5, 2016, and died at the moment of birth, the ministry said in a statement. Between November 2015 and this January, 7,634 cases of Zika infection have been confirmed, the ministry added.

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