If you have planned to take a vacation or business trip to Brazil or another country in South America, you may need to reconsider it.
The simple reason is that the Zika virus, which has led to over 500 babies being born with neurological deformities, has spread to 25 countries on the continent.
The virus is getting global attention at present because of its alarming connection with Microcephaly — a neurological disorder that results in babies being born with abnormally small heads.
Since last November, Brazil has seen nearly 4,000 cases of microcephaly in babies born to women who were infected with the virus during their pregnancies.
To avert such disasters, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in the US is warning pregnant women against travelling to those areas. Health officials in the affected countries have warned their female citizens not to get pregnant for up to two years.
This warning may seem extreme. But, believe it or not, the virus is quite deadly.
For one, there is no vaccine or cure for those infected with the virus. It is also spread by mosquitoes, a common parasite in tropical regions of the world, including West Africa.
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