Japanese media reports a Vietnamese woman has been confirmed infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus.
It’s the first case in Tokyo since the government recognised the disease as Class-4 in February, the health ministry said on Monday.
The woman, in her 40s, arrived in Japan on Thursday and had been diagnosed with Zika fever after developing a rash and a headache, and tested positive for the virus, the ministry said.
According to online news website The Japan Times, it’s the 11th Zika-virus case in the country since the first infection was confirmed there in 2013.
None of the people contracted the disease in Japan.
– TiVi Tuan-san