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The Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department Thursday confirmed to WFAA’s sister station in Austin, KVUE, that a man in Travis County has been diagnosed with the Zika virus.

The recall was issued after Victoria’s Department of Health said there had been 28 salmonella cases so far this year, and the lettuce was the common source.

Scott directed the state’s surgeon general to declare the public health emergency, and for state officials to pay special attention to mosquito spraying in residential areas in those counties.

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control issued a statement saying lab tests confirmed the non-traveler was infected with Zika.

The Zika virus is usually spread through mosquito bites, but investigators have been exploring the possibility the virus also can be spread through sex.

The risk of sexual transmission of the Zika virus is thought to be extremely low, according to WHO.

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The timing has fuelled strong suspicions that Zika is causing the birth defect.

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The order allows the state’s agriculture department to ramp up mosquito spraying in Miami-Dade, Hillsborough, Lee and Santa Rosa counties and allows the state’s health department to seek further resources to fight the spread of Zika.

The World Health Organization emphasized Wednesday that avoiding mosquito bites is the best way to reduce harm from Zika virus.

It comes as Spain reported yesterday that a pregnant woman who had returned from Colombia had been diagnosed with the Zika virus, in the first such known European case.

People who are sick should also cough or sneeze into their elbow and away from other people, and those with the flu should try to avoid contact with others “so you can’t spread it”, she said. “Getting vaccinated against the flu is the surest way to protect...