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Brazil: More than 90,000 likely cases of Zika in two months

Zika is carried by mosquitoes that transmit the virus to humans Credit: Reuters

Brazil has registered more than 90,000 likely cases of the Zika virus in the last two months, according to the country's health ministry.

In its first national report on the epidemic the ministry said 91,387 likely cases of the virus were recorded between February and April 2,

The figures were released as the country also confirmed it was investigating 3,710 cases of the Zika-related severe birth defects microcephaly.