Chile sees sexually transmitted Zika

Chile has confirmed its first sexually transmitted case of the Zika virus, the health ministry said on its website at the weekend.

The virus is linked to thousands of suspected cases of birth defects in Brazil. The new case is a 46-year-old woman whose partner was infected while in Haiti.

Chile, which does not have the mosquitoes that transmit the virus, has confirmed 10 cases of Zika involving people infected outside the country.