A woman in Mexico gave birth to a “clinically healthy” baby boy, according to Mexico’s health ministry. What’s newsworthy about this? The fact that the woman contracted a confirmed case of the Zika virus while pregnant and the virus did not seem to affect the health of her baby.

The woman is from the town of Pijijiapan but delivered her baby in the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez. The baby, who weighed in at six pounds, was deemed healthy after an examination.

The woman is one of six known Mexican women who contracted the virus while pregnant—the other five are receiving specialized care throughout their pregnancies and are being observed via regular ultrasounds.

The fact that this woman gave birth to a healthy baby might lessen some pregnant women’s worries about the danger Zika—the virus has been linked to microcephaly, a disorder that causes a baby to be born with an abnormally small head. In light of this woman’s delivery, it seems like the connection between Zika and microcephaly might not be so clear-cut.

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