A second pregnant woman has been diagnosed with the mosquito-borne Zika virus in Australia, officials said Friday (Feb 12), adding that the disease was acquired overseas and there was no public health risk.
The confirmation comes after a pregnant woman in the northern state of Queensland was diagnosed on Tuesday with the virus suspected of causing a surge in brain-damaged babies in Brazil.
The latest case involves a woman from the state of Victoria who was going through an “extremely anxious” time, the southern state’s Health Minister Jill Hennessy said.
