Colombia announced Saturday that more than 2,000 pregnant women have been infected with Zika, amid growing concern about the spread of the virus suspected of causing irreversible brain damage in newborns., AFP reports.
The National Health Institute reported that Colombia now has 20,297 cases of Zika infection, including 2,116 in expectant mothers.
The latest numbers, reported in the institute's epidemiological bulletin, make Colombia the second most affected country in the region, after Brazil, the epicenter of the outbreak.