Cuban health officials reported two new cases of residents contracting the mosquito-borne Zika virus locally on Wednesday, a setback for the Caribbean country that has taken a series of measures that for weeks had resulted in only a single confirmed case.
“Last August 1, two new locally contracted cases of the Zika virus were diagnosed, corresponding to residents in the city of Holguin who had not traveled abroad, which brings the total up to three,” the Health Ministry said in a statement carried by state media.
The ministry said the patients remained hospitalized, in a state of good general health. Epidemiologists are investigating the affected area to identify the possib…
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