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Cases of the virus total 31 555, the institute said in an epidemiology bulletin, among them 5 013 pregnant women.
Zika, which has spread to more than 30 countries, has been linked to birth defect microcephaly and to neurological disease Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Total reported Zika cases increased by 23 per cent over last week’s figures, while the number of pregnant women with the virus was up 57.8 per cent.
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BOGOTA – More than 5s000 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, the country’s national health institute said on Saturday, as the disease continues its rapid spread across the Americas.
