Earlier Tuesday In Columbus, the Ohio Department of Health reported Ohio’s first case of Zika virus in a returning traveler from Haiti, a 30-year-old Cuyahoga County woman, who lives in Cleveland. “As CDC guidance has evolved, we actually have expanded access to testing for people who had not met that agency’s initial testing criteria”.
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The main concern for pregnant women is the link of Zika to Microcephaly, a rare neurological condition in which a baby is born with a very small head.
The state health department said it is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to continue to monitor new developments in the virus.
Meanwhile, Zika symptoms are generally mild and can include a fever, rash, joint pain and conjunctivitis.
Two more people have been infected by the Zika virus in Florida, including one more person in Miami-Dade County, Florida Surgeon General Dr. John Armstrong said Thursday.
A county resident tested positive for the virus, the Putnam County Department of Health said on Friday in a released statement.
But a third death linked to the virus has left researchers facing the possibility that it presents a more serious risk to those infected with it than previously thought.
Some suspect the virus is tied to a spike in birth defects in Brazil.
In addition, asymptomatic pregnant women who have traveled to Zika-affected areas should be tested for the Zika-virus between 2-12 weeks post travel. The mosquito then bit another person and transferred the virus, and the outbreak began to grow.
Health officials said the patient has fully recovered since the case was reported in the past week.
They also add to the growing speculation among health officials that Zika can increase a pregnant woman’s risk of miscarriage, according to STAT. Already-pregnant women have been advised not to travel to the countries affected.
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The Pennsylvania Democrat said the main Zika-carrying mosquito is confined to southern states.
