hey guys for complex news, i'm natasha martinez. the epidemic known as the zika virus has beencircling around the americas rapidly. the mosquito transmitted disease has becomeprevalent in many parts of south and central america, as well as in the caribbean, wheredance hall and reggae star beenie man is from. beenie man, whose voice you may recognizemost recently from drake's 'controlla' off of views, had to cancel his ovo fest performancein toronto saturday night, after contracting the virus. in an instagram post shared by beenie man,he explained in detail how his visa was denied by the canadian government after finding outthat that he had tested positive.
he said that the same mosquito had also givenhim dengue fever, and that he was receiving a treatment regimen of "blood tests, injections,[and] pills." ticketmaster confirmed that beenie had canceledhis co-headlining set with machel montano telling buyers in a statement that it wasdue to immigration issues. news of beenie man contracting the virus cameon the same day that the first domestic outbreak of the disease was discovered in south florida. four people were diagnosed with the virusin a small area near miami. according to the world health organization,those suffering from zika virus face symptoms that generally last two to seven days, howeverthe virus has been proven to be very dangerous
for pregnant women due to a high risk of birthdefects. that's your news for now, for more of today'stop stories subscribe to complex on youtube.
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