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US to Send Experts to Colombia to Help Control Zika - Colombian President

© AP Photo / Fernando VergaraA health worker sprays insecticide inside the home of a woman diagnosed with the Zika virus in Acacias, Colombia
A health worker sprays insecticide inside the home of a woman diagnosed with the Zika virus in Acacias, Colombia - Sputnik International
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A group of US experts will travel to Colombia next week to help the local health health authorities to control the Zika virus which has already affected over 25,000 people in the country, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — As many as 25,646 cases of the Zika virus have been registered in the country, with 3,177 pregnant women affected, Santos said Saturday.

"We asked [US] President [Barack] Obama and we had an immediate, very affirmative response," Santos said, as quoted by El Colombiano daily.

"Obama said ‘we are ready,’" Santos added.

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