The worst possible Zika-related fear became true for Gilibeth
Rodriguez, one of 65 women in Venezuela who have given birth to brain-damaged
children since April 2016 due to the virus. The 65-count comes from information
provided to Fox News Latino by the Venezuelan Society of Infectious Diseases,
since the Ministry of Health has yet to release official data on the spread of
Zika in the country. Rodriguez is 31 years old and lives in Maracay, some 70
miles west of Caracas. Approximately a month after finding out she was
pregnant, she came down with a fever, rash, joint pain and conjunctivitis — all
symptoms of the dreaded Zika, which first hit the crisis-stricken country in
mid-2015.More…
Friday, September 30, 2016
Despair among Venezuelan moms whose Zika-stricken babies have nowhere to turn
The worst possible Zika-related fear became true for Gilibeth
Rodriguez, one of 65 women in Venezuela who have given birth to brain-damaged
children since April 2016 due to the virus. The 65-count comes from information
provided to Fox News Latino by the Venezuelan Society of Infectious Diseases,
since the Ministry of Health has yet to release official data on the spread of
Zika in the country. Rodriguez is 31 years old and lives in Maracay, some 70
miles west of Caracas. Approximately a month after finding out she was
pregnant, she came down with a fever, rash, joint pain and conjunctivitis — all
symptoms of the dreaded Zika, which first hit the crisis-stricken country in
mid-2015.More…
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