Zika Sexual Transmission in US Prompts Health Warning

The guidance also said the men might consider abstaining or using condoms even during sex with a woman who isn’t pregnant.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending pregnant women avoid traveling to Brazil and countries where the virus is active.

The most common symptoms of Zika virus disease are fever, rash, joint pain, and conjunctivitis (red eyes).

The NZOC had been in regular contact with New Zealand’s Department of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Health regarding the outbreak of the virus, which has been linked to severe birth defects in Brazil.

The other two cases occurred in 2016, with the pregnant woman picking up the virus in South America and the other individual contracting it in Central America, reports WUSA9.

Federal health officials are stepping up their warnings of the virus, which was transmitted sexually in Texas for the first time this week – the first locally transmitted case in the U.S. Florida Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency in five counties and ordered thousands of tests that will help identify the disease. However, he said that more information is needed on those findings, including the methodology behind them, and the recent guidelines do not address kissing.

Mr Gadelha said pregnant women should be cautious of attending the country’s carnival celebrations, which begin in earnest this weekend, but said there was no reason for anyone else to stay away.

The United Nations Population Fund said it would closely monitor the Zika virus in countries around the world, including Nepal, and spread awareness about the virus.

It did not release the woman’s name, saying she was one of seven confirmed cases in Spain.

There is no vaccine or cure for Zika virus, with symptoms usually resolving within a week.

Much about the virus, including whether it can be transmitted from person to person, remains unclear.

Brazil responded to complaints it had been slow to share data about the illness by announcing late Thursday that it’s sending a set of Zika samples to USA health authorities.