Havana, Cuba_ The third imported case of the Zica virus was diagnosed in Cuba and is that of a Cuban collaborator aged 43, from the municipality of Florida, in Camagüey province, who was working as a laboratory technician in Merida, Venezuela, and arrived in the country on March 1, 2016, Radio Reloj publishes.

That same day the patient to experience a headache and the following day a rash appeared on his chest.

On March 2, he was admitted to the Amalia Simoni Hospital in the city of Camagüey, where a test for the Zika virus was taken and sent to the Pedro Kouri Institute of Tropical Medicine (IPK).

From the very beginning, all epidemiological and vector control measures established for such cases were undertaken.

On March 7, the IPK laboratory confirmed that the Real-Time PCR test conducted on admittance to hospital had proven positive for the Zika virus.

The patient is showing signs of good health, with a discreet rash.

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