Zika Virus NOW in Costa Rica

COSTA RICA NOW HAS FIRST ITS FIRST CASE OF THE ZIKA VIRUS!

Reports came in yesterday (Tuesday 26th January) from Health Officials confirming that a 25 year old man residing in the San José area of Costa Rica has contracted the mosquito-borne Zika virus whilst on a visit to Colombia. It is believed he first started showing symptoms on January 22nd before returning home on the 23rd, where he sought medical attention. He was treated at a public hospital, officials have stated, and has since been discharged and is now recovering at his home in the Capital.

The Zika virus can not be passed from person to person, but can spread if a mosquito feeds on an infected person and then bites someone else.

Costa Rica health workers fumigated a 100-meter square area around the patient’s bedroom and interviewed neighbors. Officials said they did not detect anyone in proximity to the man with symptoms compatible with Zika. Costa Rica’s first patient started showing symptoms, which include fever, skin rashes, conjunctivitis, muscle and joint pain, malaise and headaches with a normal recovery time of between 2 days to a week.

COSTA RICA NOW HAS FIRST ITS FIRST CASE OF THE ZIKA VIRUS!

Reports came in yesterday (Tuesday 26th January) from Health Officials confirming that a 25 year old man residing in the San José area of Costa Rica has contracted the mosquito-borne Zika virus whilst on a visit to Colombia. It is believed he first started showing symptoms on January 22nd before returning home on the 23rd, where he sought medical attention. He was treated at a public hospital, officials have stated, and has since been discharged and is now recovering at his home in the Capital.

The Zika virus can not be passed from person to person, but can spread if a mosquito feeds on an infected person and then bites someone else.

Costa Rica health workers fumigated a 100-meter square area around the patient’s bedroom and interviewed neighbors. Officials said they did not detect anyone in proximity to the man with symptoms compatible with Zika. Costa Rica’s first patient started showing symptoms, which include fever, skin rashes, conjunctivitis, muscle and joint pain, malaise and headaches with a normal recovery time of between 2 days to a week.

Pregnant women who contract the virus, however, can be at risk for microcephaly. In Brazil 3,893 cases of microcephaly have been linked to Zika, especially in the northeastern part of the South American country. Following the recent out-break and to date, this mysterious virus has spread across the Americas, and U.S. officials added the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Dominican Republic to a growing list of countries that pregnant women might want to avoid.

That makes 24 countries on the list, and the World Health Organization predicts the virus will eventually end up in virtually every Western Hemisphere country, except in Chile and Canada, which have no Aedes mosquitos, the type that carries the disease.

At the time of writing our first Zika Virus Update on January 25th, Costa Rica has not been included in the travel warning list. More updates for Costa Rica as the news of the Zika virus comes in.

The first case of the mosquito-borne Zika virus has been detected in Costa Rica, health officials announced Tuesday.

The Health Ministry issued a statement confirming the first documented case of Zika virus in the country, detected in a 25-year-old man who contracted the virus while visiting Colombia.

Originally from West Africa, the virus can cause serious birth defects including microcephaly, a condition that causes children to be born with an abnormally small head and incomplete brain development. It’s recent spread to Caribbean and Latin American countries has caused alarm among residents and travelers, and even prompted some governments to encourage women to hold off getting pregnant for the time being.

Costa Rica’s first patient started showing symptoms, which include fever, skin rashes, conjunctivitis, muscle and joint pain, malaise and headaches, on Jan. 22 before he returned to Costa Rica on Jan. 23. He sought medical attention on Jan. 24 at a Costa Rican public hospital, officials reported.

Zika Virus Costa Rica

U.S. health authorities have warned pregnant women not to travel to 22 territories in Latin America and the Caribbean to avoid exposure to the Zika virus. Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Belize were the only Central American countries not listed on a Centers for Disease Control travel warning list for Zika virus. At this writing, Costa Rica has not been included in the travel warning list.

Zika Virus Costa Rica

The World Health Organization has warned that the virus could spread rapidly throughout the Western Hemisphere, except in Chile and Canada, which have no Aedes mosquitos, the type that carries the disease.

The Costa Rican health ministry said the infected man was recovering at home in San Jose, the capital.

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