Abnormal births were first reported in the country in September
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The Thai ministry of health said that it is considering having pregnant women in Thailand tested for the Zika virus after two detected cases of microcephaly were confirmed in September reports Reuters.
The procedure is said to cost THB2000, but repeat tests are necessary.
Women found to carry the Zika virus give birth to babies that have unusually small heads, a condition called microcephaly.
Zika Virus was first detected in 2007 in a small Island off the coast of the Pacific called Yap. After six years, the virus reappeared in the French Polynesia bringing with it the spread of a rare auto-immune disease that led to paralysis.
Child adoption in Thailand is regulated by the Thai government which has an international department for non-Thai prospective parents.
In 2015, the virus was found in Brazil and the first reported case of microcephaly was brought to doctors.By the end of 2015, “public health officials estimated Zika had infected more than 1 million people in the Americas, and Brazilian doctors were investigating microcephaly in nearly 3,000 babies.”
By September of this year, Zika has been reported in 48 different countries in the Americas and 10 others in the Pacific, Asia and Africa.
Apart from transmission by mosquitoes, sexual transmission has also been reported.
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