Peru reports first case of sexually transmitted Zika virus

File photo shows an Aedes aegypti mosquito inside a test tube as part of a research on preventing the spread of the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases at a control and prevention center in Guadalupe, neighbouring MonterreyPeruvian health authorities on Saturday reported the first case of the Zika virus having been sexually transmitted in the country, after a resident contracted the disease while traveling in Venezuela and then infected his wife once back in Peru. Zika has been linked to thousands of suspected cases of microcephaly, a rare birth defect, in Brazil. Health Minister Anibal Velasquez said a 32-year-old woman was infected with the virus after having sexual intercourse with her 39 year-old husband who had contracted the disease in Monagas, Venezuela.

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Iranian asylum seeker in Australian detention convicted of attempted suicide

By Jarni Blakkarly MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian refugee advocates and opposition politicians on Saturday condemned the conviction of an Iranian asylum seeker on charges of attempted suicide, a criminal offence in Nauru where he is being held in an Australian-run detention center. Under Australia’s tough immigration policy, asylum seekers attempting to reach the country by boat are intercepted and sent to camps on the South Pacific island nation of Nauru, about 3,000 kms (1,800 miles) northeast of Australia, or on Manus island in Papua New Guinea to the north. Human rights groups, including the U.N. Refugee Agency, have criticized the harsh conditions at the detention centers, which have sparked riots and self-harm protests.
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