"Zika" gets a free ticket to Russia

Zika now in Russia

Russian authorities announced the first case of HIV infection, "Zika" to a Russian citizen recently arrived from the Dominican Republic, which is the first time that the virus up to Russian territory.

 Russian Federal Service for Supervision in the field of consumer rights and safety of citizens in a statement posted on Monday, February 15 and made it clear that the Russian citizenship infected is currently lying in a specialized hospital, and her condition is considered acceptable.

The agency said it was imposing medical oversight of all the family members of the infected citizenship, but did not disclose any manifestations of the disease have so far.

 The Commission explained that the Russian citizenship picked up the infection while she Baldominiqan, and after several days on their return to Moscow women felt the deterioration of her health in conjunction with a high degree of body heat and the appearance of a rash on her skin.

 The agency said that after the diagnosis of the disease in citizenship, conducted assistive devices for all necessary measures to prevent the spread of infection, including infection control procedures within the plane that her knee citizenship upon her return to Russia salon.

 The Commission emphasized that there is no threat to the health of other people who boarded the same plane. He pointed out that the climatic conditions in Russia, reduce the risk of an outbreak of the disease in the country.

 The virus has been detected for the first time in 1947 in Uganda, but the doctors saw then that it does not represent a threat to human health. In 2015 the virus go to Latin America and spread rapidly across the continent.

 The virus spreads in most cases by the law bites, there are also fears of a possible move from person to person through sexual contact. The World Health Organization has concluded that "Zika" virus infection during pregnancy may have be related to its small head with newborns.