The Jan. 29 issue of the Marshall Islands Journal reports that Zika may be in Majuro, the capital of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

The paper says that, although the Centers for Disease Control says Samoa is the only Pacific nation where the Zika virus has been confirmed, “This dangerous virus could already be in Majuro.”

The article continues:

“A visitor who was in Majuro in November, and tested positive for the virus soon after leaving the RMI, told a local resident that reviewing when the symptoms began, ‘I definitely would have caught it in Majuro.'”

Majuro Atoll.
Majuro Atoll. Mark Edward Harris/Civil Beat/2015

 

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