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July 26, 2016

Colombia declares its Zika epidemic over
Bogota (AFP) July 25, 2016
Colombia declared Monday its Zika epidemic is over, but warned that the mosquito-borne virus, which is blamed for causing brain damage in babies, would continue circulating on a smaller scale. Colombia has been the second hardest-hit country by the disease after Brazil, with nearly 100,000 cases and at least 21 babies born with microcephaly, or abnormally small heads. But 10 months into the outbreak, the health ministry said the number of reported cases had dropped to between 600 and 700 a week. ... read more

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