The World Health Organization says that the Zika virus strain linked to neurological defects in new-born babies in South America has been detected in Africa for the first time, Live BBC reports.
It was found in a sample taken from Cape Verde.
The WHO has been tweeting:
The name of the virus in fact comes from a Ugandan forest where it was first identified.
But the strain prevalent in Africa caused flu-like symptoms without the other complications.
