Two adults confirmed with Zika virus in Ireland

Zika virus can be transmitted from the mother to the baby during pregnancy.

DCHHS director, Zachary Thompson, said that the new case has prompted the organization to emphasize its public awareness campaign.

Pennsylvania health officials still don’t know if any of the 11 state residents who may have been exposed to Zika virus actually have the disease linked to babies born with under-developed brains.

Meanwhile, health officials in Florida’s neighbouring state of Georgia confirmed its first Zika case on Wednesday.

“It could be a serious concern in the U.S but probably never be what it’s like in these countries that have really Have a little mosquito protection”, Dr. Richard Wallace, infectious disease specialist at U.T. Health Northeast said.

The patient contracted the virus from a sexual partner who was ill with Zika. In an address to a joint session of Brazil’s Congress on Tuesday, President Dilma Rousseff said her government would spare no resources in mobilizing to combat the mosquito that transmits the virus.

“Circumstantial evidence suggests direct person-to-person, possibly sexual transmission of the virus”, the study says.

Officials said people can avoid the Zika virus by protecting against mosquito bites and avoiding sexual contact with those infected.

The virus was found in one man’s semen in Tahiti, and there was a report of a Colorado researcher who caught the virus overseas and apparently spread it to his wife back home in 2008.

In this latest outbreak, Zika has spread to more than 20 territories in the Americas.

Scott noted in an executive order that the type of mosquito that transmits Zika is common in Florida, where a warm climate provides for a almost year-round mosquito season. Symptoms are generally mild and can last for several days to a week.

Although rarely fatal, there has been an exponential rise in cases of a rare birth defect in Brazil, thought to be linked to the virus.

India and other countries have issued travel advisories urging pregnant women not to travel to affected countries.