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January 27th, 2016 
Awake Goy READ MORE: First cases of Zika virus detected in Arkansas, Virginia
A Danish tourist contracted the virus while traveling through South and Central America, where Zika is spreading now, Danish media reported. The patient is now being treated at the University hospital in Aarhus, Denmark’s second-largest city.
The Dane arrived at the Department of Infectious Diseases with flu-like symptoms including fever, headache and muscle pain, but later tests revealed that the patient had been infected with the Zika virus.
But the virus is on the rise across the world and several cases have are already appeared in Europe. On Tuesday, Italy reported several cases of the virus, saying that all the people infected had recently returned from Latin America and the Caribbean.
In addition, two cases were reported in Spain, three in the UK and two in Switzerland.
The Zika virus is contracted through mosquito bites and has been detected in human semen, but cannot be spread by human contact.
Its symptoms are mild and include a fever, rash, joint pain and red, itchy eyes. Pregnant women are most at risk, as the virus has been linked to serious birth defects. The disease has gained international attention in recent weeks because of the increase in infected cases.
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