Slovak Health Minister Viliam Cislak on Thursday said the first case of a patient infected with the Zika virus has been confirmed in Slovakia.
Cislak said that the confirmation came from a virology laboratory in Hamburg.
He added that the infected patient is a woman who was admitted into hospital in Presov in the Eastern Slovakia on Monday returning from South Africa.
The patient was released from hospital in a good condition on Friday.
“She does not have to be isolated, there is no threat to anybody, Zika is not the kind of virus that could spread via air. The symptoms are similar to those of flu,’’ Cislak noted.
Report says the woman has been told that she should not become pregnant.
Also, she has been prohibited from donating blood and should also be cautious in terms of sexual contact.
Zika is a virus transmitted by mosquitoes, specifically the yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti); the specie is not generally found in Europe.
The virus can be transmitted from mother to child via the placenta.

(Xinhua/NAN)