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Cuba had already reported four previous Zika cases, all related to persons who contracted the disease in Venezuela»

The patient is a 43 year-old laboratory technician who returned from Venezuela (Merida) on March 1st, 2016, and lives in the municipality Florida, eastern Camagüey province»

The first imported Zika case was reported on March 1, related to a 28-year old Venezuelan doctor who arrived in the island on February 21»

Cuba diagnosed first imported Zika case, a Venezuelan doctor who came to attend a course. She was admitted in Pedro Kouri Institute of Tropical Medicine, the Ministry of Public Health reported»

Young Raul Rojas did not know how to explain it. He did not even understand why he acted different from others. His mother, Virginia Alarcon, didn’t comprehend why her child had learned only a few words and was only dedicated to imitate people. “He was born normal. After he was one year old, he only said the words milk, yogurt, »

Health ministers of the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) analyze in Montevideo the spread of diseases transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypti, including the Zika virus»

Cuban scientists sequenced the complete genome of viral strains collected at different stages of the epidemic, to demonstrate that it was not a laboratory contamination»

There are strong swellings on the sea in the Cuban western region and there have been moderate flooding in coastal areas including the Havana’s Malecon»

More than 300 patients benefit from 20 clinical trials that are currently in different stages of implementation in the province of Sancti Spiritus»

More than 400 tons of oil, which would have been needed to generate electricity, were saved in Sancti Spiritus with the operation of 200 biodigesters for the use of biogas in the form of thermal energy»