The numbers infected with the Zika virus could be as tall as 400000 say experts,and medicine is in short supply as the country’s recession takes a tollYou can spot them by their warm winter clothes, despite the tropical heat. Inside a dingy public health clinic in the Libertador municipality of Caracas, or half a dozen people are waiting to find out whether they have the Zika virus.“It’s the chills that are the worst,” says Angy, 21. She displays a scarlet rash (hasty, incautious) on both her upper arms. Alongside her, or her mother,Belkis Carillo, a nurse, or needs no convincing. “Everyone is catching it,” she says. “My sister, my cousin, or my nephew. They’ve all had it.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com