Belgium recorded 32 cases of Zika virus infection

According to the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC), Belgium has recorded 32 cases of Zika virus infection, mainly from infected people while traveling in epidemic countries.

According to Public Health Minister Maggie De Block, there is no risk of Zika outbreak in Belgium due to the absence of Aedes mosquitoes.

People limit travel to infected areas, especially in South America.

However, Health Minister De Block also advised people to limit travel to infected areas , especially in South America, and urged pregnant or pregnant women not to go. travel to South America.

It is estimated that there are about 90 million people in all Latin America and the Caribbean may have been infected at the end of the season. Europe alone has 862 cases of Zika virus infection in 14 countries. France tops with 616 cases, followed by Spain with 21% of foreigners living here returning from Latin America and the Caribbean, where they have close ties.

As of July 22, Spain recorded 190 cases of infection, of which only one woman contracted sexually, the rest were infected with the virus during her trip to Latin America. On July 25, a woman infected with Zika gave birth to a baby in Spain. This is considered the first case of babies in Europe suffering from small headaches.