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Pregnant Queensland woman tests positive to Zika virus after travelling overseas

Zika mosquito AFP: Marvin Recinos
Zika mosquito AFP: Marvin Recinos Source: ABC Australia

A pregnant Queensland woman has tested positive to Zika virus after recently returning from overseas, Queensland Health has confirmed. The woman was diagnosed in south-east Queensland yesterday and authorities said the illness was not acquired locally. It is the third case of Zika virus to be identified in Queensland this year. No further information will be released on the pregnant woman.More in the weekly report from Brisbane with our stringer, Leonidas Naoumis.


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A pregnant Queensland woman has tested positive to Zika virus after recently returning from overseas, Queensland Health has confirmed. The woman was diagnosed in south-east Queensland yesterday and authorities said the illness was not acquired locally. It is the third case of Zika virus to be identified in Queensland this year. No further information will be released on the pregnant woman.More in the weekly report from Brisbane with our stringer, Leonidas Naoumis.



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