Minnesota Health Officials Warn People of Zika Virus

Minnesota health officials are asking doctors to watch for signs of a mosquito-borne virus in sick people who have recently returned from the Caribbean, Mexico and parts of Central and South America.

Federal health officials recently urged pregnant women to consider postponing travel to any region where the Zika virus is circulating.

The illness causes fever, rash and joint pain.

It has also been linked to a rare condition that causes brain damage and abnormally small heads in newborns.

Minnesota has had only one documented case of the virus and that was back in 2014.