Uganda: Some unaware of the Zika infection

Mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus buzz arround local people near the shores of Lake Victoria in Uganda who are unaware of the emergency the virus have caused.
Some residents spoke with our reporter stating that they haven't heard of 'Zika' before. Many also said that 'This forest
may be the birthplace of Zika -70 years ago - but there is no record of it causing health problems in the area. A Ugandan virologist Julius Lutwama who has researched on Zika for some years, believes Zika is unlikely to be a threat to Africans because they appear to have immunity.
There have been more than 7,000 Zika infections in the Cape Verde archipelago off West Africa, including the first case last week of a baby born with microcephaly, the brain disorder thought to be linked to Zika. Residents of that area have been warned to restrain from entering into the forest but some woodcutters do sneak into the forest and cut down trees to sell as fuel, diminishing biodiversity in the tiny forest that boasts as many as 136 tree species.

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