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Australia to Boost Awareness After New Zika Cases Registered

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Australia will step up testing of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in Queensland as new cases of the infection were registered, Queensland Health Minister Cameron Dick said Saturday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Earlier this week, first cases of the Zika virus in Australia were confirmed in Sydney, New South Wales. Two other people tested positive in Queensland earlier on Saturday.

"Accelerating delivery of $1 million [$706,000] public awareness campaign as 2nd Qld #Zika case confirmed," Cameron Dick wrote in his official Twitter account.

According to him, Queensland is expecting more cases of Zika, as the northern part of state is inhabited by Aedes mosquitoes, which can transmit the disease.

Health Ministry employee fumigates a home against the Aedes aegypti mosquito to prevent the spread of the Zika virus in Soyapango, six km east of San Salvador, on January 21, 2016 - Sputnik International
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The intensified testing of residents for the Zika virus is set to launch March 1.

The current Zika outbreak started in Brazil in the spring of 2015. It has since spread across Latin America, with cases having been reported in several European countries and the United States.

Zika does not cause serious complications in adults, but it is suspected of leading to severe brain defects in newborns.

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