Ohio confirms first case of Zika virus

COLUMBUS — State health officials have confirmed Ohio’s first case of the Zika virus, joining 35 cases nationally reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A 30-year-old Cleveland-area woman who recently traveled to Haiti contracted the virus. But Melanie Amato, spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Health, said the woman was not hospitalized and is not in danger.

The virus is primarily transmitted through mosquito bites, and health officials say there’s no indication that it can be spread through casual contact (though one U.S. case was confirmed via sexual contact).