Norway confirms Zika in two pregnant women

Norway has confirmed three case of the Zika virus, in one man and two pregnant women.

Aedes aegypti mosquito

Norway has confirmed three case of the Zika virus, in one man and two pregnant women. (AAP)

Health authorities in Norway say two pregnant women have tested positive for the Zika virus after travelling in Latin America.

The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has recently tested dozens of people for the virus, mostly pregnant women.

Jon Arne Roettingen told reporters on Thursday that so far three tests had come back positive.

He said two of them were pregnant women and one was a man. All had visited areas affected by the virus in Latin America.

Roettingen could not say whether the virus had affected the pregnancies of the infected women in any way, but said they were being closely monitored by health care personnel.

Health officials are investigating whether the mosquito-borne virus is linked to birth defects in the children of women who caught the virus while pregnant.


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