Zika virus case confirmed in Japan

Kazunari Asanuma, a section chief in charge of infectious diseases at Japan's Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, speaks about Japan's first Zika virus case following its spread in Latin America at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2016. He said the virus was detected in a teenage male in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, who has been in Brazil. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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