Mexico says six pregnant women infected with Zika

Mexico has confirmed six pregnant women are infected with the Zika virus, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 80, the government said. More than half of the total cases of Zika and four of the infected women were detected in the poor southern state of Chiapas, a report from the health ministry said late on Monday. Pope Francis visited Chiapas on Monday, drawing crowds of thousands.
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EU launches medical emergency corps

EU member states will make medical teams and assets available for rapid deployment in the event of a crisis such as the Ebola outbreakThe European Union on Monday launched its own medical corps to respond faster to emergencies such as the recent Ebola outbreak, with the capacity to act both within and outside the bloc. "The aim of the European Medical Corps is to create a much faster and more efficient EU response to health crises when they occur," said EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid Christos Stylianides, who hosted the inauguration event in Brussels. Through the new medical entity, EU member states and other participating European countries will make medical teams and assets available for rapid deployment before an emergency strikes -– "thus ensuring a faster and more predictable response," the statement said.

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