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Brazil Lifts Public Health Emergency as Zika Cases Drop

© AFP 2023 / Marvin RECINOSAedes aegypti mosquitos are photographed in a laboratory at the University of El Salvador, in San Salvador
Aedes aegypti mosquitos are photographed in a laboratory at the University of El Salvador, in San Salvador - Sputnik International
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Brazil’s Health Ministry declared Thursday an end to a 17-month emergency triggered by the 2015 outbreak of the Zika virus after the number of cases decreased.

The Aedes Aegypti mosquito larvae are photographed at a laboratory of the Ministry of Health of El Salvador in San Salvador - Sputnik International
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MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) — The infectious disease was not considered a major threat until a pandemic was reported in Brazil in May 2015. Its explosive spread led to a public health emergency being declared in November of that year.

"The end of the emergency does not mean the end of surveillance or assistance. The Health Ministry and other bodies concerned will continue combating Zika," Adeilson Cavalcante, secretary in charge of health monitoring, said in a statement.

Brazil registered 7,911 Zika cases between January 1 and April 15 of this year, a drop of 95.4 percent from the same period in 2016. The disease, which is linked to birth defects, has killed 260 newborns and apparently caused microcephaly in 2,200 babies.

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