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HERMOSILLO, ARE.- The Ministry of Health confirmed that of the 65 cases of Zika recorded this year in Sonora, 9 were detected in pregnant women and that 2 of them contracted infection over the course of three first months of pregnancy, she said. Gerardo Álvarez Hernández.
Which means "These are women who may have an effect (congenital malformations) on their baby", while "Of the 7 women, one of them gave birth to a healthy baby," commented the Director of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.
The official said that the majority of cases of women pregnant with the virus are residents of the municipality of Guaymas, where until now the epidemic remains active.
He explained that epidemics of this vector-borne disease have also been recorded in Empalme and a case imported from Guaymas in Nogales, while in the rural area of Ciudad Obregón, they control it.
He pointed out that in Hermosillo, they analyzed suspected cases.
He also warned that they had identified the risk in 27 localities of 7 state municipalities, "And we would not be surprised if we had cases in these municipalities because we mapped them perfectly and the mobility between populations is great."
EXP / MM / EJ / OCT / 2018
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