No Zika virus on Niue

The new case comes after Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and Switzerland registered several people infected with the virus. Now it warns that they may be at risk in 22 countries, including Mexico, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

It has yet to be scientifically proven but the suspicion is that pregnant women infected with the Zika virus are giving birth to babies afflicted with microcephaly – that is, babies with unusually small heads who may suffer brain damage as a result.

Three Britons who travelled to South America have also been infected, health officials said last week.

The report said Denmark’s national broadcaster DR cited health officials from the second largest Danish city, Aarhus, as confirming the development, without giving elaborate details. The virus is present in every country of the Americas except Canada and continental Chile, he added.

Around 90 percent of people who contracted the Zika virus did not display any symptoms, making it hard – especially for pregnant women – to detect.

Zika virus disease leads to serious birth defect called microcephaly, a neurological disorder. The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization said that on rare occasions, the Zika virus might be transmitted through sexual intercourse.

Brazil has recorded close to 4,000 cases of microcephaly since the start of October – compared with 150 cases for all of 2014. Among these cases, 224 have been confirmed related to the virus, while the others are still under investigation.

But Ostergaard said he advised his patient not to have unprotected sex for the next two months, to be sure the virus would not be spread.

Although officially PAHO said: “Any decision to defer pregnancy is an individual one between a woman, her partner and her healthcare provider”. So what is the Zika virus and what steps can you take to protect yourself?

Typically symptoms include low-grade fever, joint pain, a rash, conjunctivitis, headache, muscle and eye pain.

This outbreak has spread to more than 20 countries in South and Central America, after first emerging in Brazil where it is been linked to an increase in incidence of a birth defect.

A person in Arkansas tested positive for the mosquito-borne Zika Virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed.