Why Always Us: 25% of Nigerians Tested Positive For Zika Virus Health Minister

The Minister of Health Prof. Isaac Folorunso Adewole, revealed yesterday that Twenty Five percent of Nigeria’s population have tested positive to the dreaded Zika virus currently making its way in all over South American continent.
The
Ministry of Health all so pointed out saying that the virus is not taken serious because Nigeria is not interested in it.

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 He said:
 “I want to say that Zika has been with us since 1954. About 25% of Nigerians are positive to Zika virus but what has happened is that it has done nothing to us.”
Zika virus according to the Centre for Disease Control, spread to people through mosquito bites. The most common symptoms of Zika virus disease are fever, rash, joint pain, and conjunctivitis (red eyes). The illness is usually mild with symptoms lasting from several days to a week. Severe disease requiring hospitalization is uncommon.

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) issued an alert on May 2015 regarding the first confirmed Zika virus infection in Brazil. The outbreak in Brazil led to reports of Guillain-Barré syndrome and pregnant women giving birth to babies with birth defects and poor pregnancy outcomes.
However, more investigation is needed and saome are currently running now  before we understand the relationship between microcephaly in babies and the Zika virus. Other potential causes are also being investigated.