OH has 2 Zika virus cases in visitors to Haiti

The department says the cases are among more than three dozen in 13 states and Washington, D.C. The virus, started spreading out of Brazil, has spread through most of the Americas.

The SCMP reported that Indonesia and Thailand had reported one case each of Zika so far.

Except in pregnant women, Zika virus is nearly always a very mild illness and for most people testing is not necessary, according to health officials. Severe illness and death from Zika virus are uncommon.

The mosquitoes that spread the Zika virus are among the hardest species to fight because they live and breed in spots where water collects inside houses and yards. The virus is spread to people primarily through bites from an infected Aedes aegypti or Aedes albopictus mosquito.

The Zika virus has been much more widespread in Latin and South America than in the United States.

Hong Kong’s Department of Health, said on Wednesday in a statement in Beijing that the infected Chinese man had travelled to Venezuela and displayed symptoms including a fever, headache and dizziness on January 28.

The woman was diagnosed in Queensland state after returning from a trip overseas, the Queensland Department of Health said in a statement.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has reported a total of 30 cases of Zika virus in 12 states, including the District of Columbia. No vaccine or medications are yet available to prevent or treat Zika virus. Zika is suspected of causing certain birth defects, in particular microcephaly, in which infants are born with small heads and underdeveloped brains.

Zika is mainly transmitted through mosquito bites. “The current risk of a widespread outbreak of Zika virus in China is low”.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared an worldwide health emergency on February 1 over the virus, citing concern over a possible link with a rise in cases of microcephaly.