BUCHAREST, July 12 (Xinhua) -- A 27-year-old woman is the first person in Romania to test positive for the Zika virus, after she returned from French Island of Martinique in the eastern Caribbean Sea, the Romanian ministry of health announced Tuesday.
"Her case is an isolated one, linked to a trip taken in an area with active transmitter of the virus," said ministry spokesperson Laurentiu Colintineanu, stressing, "We are not talking about an infection in Romania, but a so-called imported case."
"The risk of transmission is minimal in Romania," he added.
According to the spokesman, the 27-year-old woman made a trip to Martinique in late June.
