Microcephaly disease: state of emergency declared in 6 Brazilian states

The Dhaka Times Desk Microcephaly disease is spreading. Meanwhile, a state of emergency has been declared in 6 Brazilian states due to the disease. The disease has already infected at least 2,400 and killed 29 children in 20 Brazilian states.

Microcephaly is spreading everywhere in Brazil. That is why six states of Brazil have declared a state of emergency. This disease has already infected at least 2400 people in 20 states of Brazil and 29 children have died from this disease. That's why the country's Ministry of Health is advising - Please don't get pregnant. The reason for this is the Zika virus. This mosquito-borne virus has become a threat to pregnant women. The virus is transmitted from the mother to the newborn child. Due to this disease, the child is born with an immature brain. Ultimately death, or crippled life must be chosen.

According to the news media, this strict announcement of the Ministry of Health of Brazil has come to protect children from such a situation. The situation in northeastern Brazil is very bad. At first the disease was confined to the North-East. But later in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, microcephaly was also diagnosed in newborns. Microcephaly is a type of neurological disorder. A newborn baby is born with an immature brain. A baby's head is very small compared to other parts of the body. Their skulls do not grow as they age. But the face started to grow.

Again the normal growth of the body does not take place. The ability to speak is also not easily developed. In many cases, the child dies. All the children have died in Brazil so far. It is known that Zika was first discovered in 1947 in the body of a rhesus monkey in the Zika forest in Uganda, Africa. It was originally found in the human body in 1968. It was in Nigeria. After that, one by one, this virus was found in various African countries including Tanzania, Egypt, Sierra Leone, Gabon. Gradually it spread from Africa to Asia. Again, the infection of this disease occurs in India, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam. Scientists blame the Aedes mosquito as the reason for the spread of germs.

Note that in 2007 JICA took a terrible shape. At least 11,000 residents of the Yap Islands near the Philippines are infected with the Zika virus. In 2013, it was found on the island of Tahiti and Polynesia. At that time the number of infected was at least 28 thousand. It has become a major problem in Brazil today.