The Minister, however, directed the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control to include Zika Virus diagnosis as part of the ongoing efforts to manage Lassa fever outbreak. Taylor virus-who-announces-formation-of-emergency-committee-level-of-alarm-extremely-high/">said he was not aware of any pregnant women in Canada infected.

Doctors also say for most people infected, it's not a big deal and that's why the virus has remained under the radar for so long.

There have been four other confirmed Zika cases in New York State, reports ABC 7.

Last year, Brazil reported its first case of Zika, which has since spread to 20 other South American countries. The mosquito that carries Zika isn't typically in our area, but another type that could carry the virus is. She advised pregnant women to avoid travel to locations where the virus is known to have spread.

But he reiterated PHAC's advice that pregnant women and those considering becoming pregnant should discuss their travel plans with their health care provider and consider postponing travel to areas where the Zika virus is circulating.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects in thousands of babies in Brazil, was "spreading explosively" in the Americas. Most people who contract Zika won't even notice. But there's only been one reported case in our region, and that was in a returning traveler. Zika virus is believed to cause neurological problems like microcephaly, a condition of abnormally small head in babies.

Despite the advice, Dr Hilary Kirbride, travel and migrant health expert at PHE, said the risk to people in England who had not travelled to affected countries "is negligible as the mosquito is not found in the United Kingdom and the virus can not be caught from coming into contact with an infected person". The group will advise further on all the necessary steps that need to be taken, an official statement said.

"Fever, rash, muscle ache, joint pains, maybe conjunctivitis, red eye, pink eye, and those are usually milder symptoms, usually get over those in a week or two", Weems says.