Zika Confirmed Aichi Japan ex-Brazil

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Health ministry officials say the woman in her 30s in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, visited a hospital on Thursday with a fever and rashes.
The National Institute of Infectious Diseases tested her blood on Friday and confirmed the infection. She's said to be in stable condition and is resting at home.

Officials say the woman was in Brazil for about 2 weeks until February 20th. They say she remembers being bitten by a mosquito there.

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2nd Zika virus patient confirmed in Japan

Health officials in Japan say a woman in the country who recently traveled to Brazil is infected with the Zika virus.

Health ministry officials say the woman in her 30s in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, visited a hospital on Thursday with a fever and rashes.
The National Institute of Infectious Diseases tested her blood on Friday and confirmed the infection. She's said to be in stable condition and is resting at home.

Officials say the woman was in Brazil for about 2 weeks until February 20th. They say she remembers being bitten by a mosquito there.

The case is the 2nd confirmed in Japan since the mosquito-borne virus began spreading in Latin America last May.

The first case in Japan was reported in late February. The patient was a male teenager who also had been in Brazil.

A health ministry official is urging the public to react calmly, saying local transmission is very unlikely as mosquitoes are currently inactive in Japan.