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 The World Health Organization declared the Zika outbreak linked to
thousands of birth defects in Brazil an international health
emergency on Feb. 1, although much about the virus remains unknown.
"Test results of the patient hospitalized with a suspected Zika
virus last week in Presov, eastern Slovakia, were positive," Cislak
told reporters.
"The patient is in good health and does not require further
treatment," he said.
The first two cases of the mosquito-borne Zika virus were confirmed
last week in the neighboring Czech Republic, in a man returning from
Martinique and a woman who traveled to the Dominican Republic.
Much remains unclear about the virus, including whether it causes
microcephaly in babies, a condition defined by unusually small heads
that can result in developmental problems.
(Reporting by Tatiana Jancarikova; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
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