LOCKPORT—Niagara County Public Health Director Dan Stapleton confirmed this afternoon that there was an instance of the Zika virus in Niagara County, but said the public is not at risk.
Stapleton issued the following statement today on the matter:
The Niagara County Department of Health has received confirmation of a case of Zika through testing by the New York State Department of Health.
This individual did not acquire the virus in the United States. The public is not at any risk. The patient’s symptoms have resolved on their own.
Additional information on Zika is available at https://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/zika_virus/.
This story was originally published on East Niagara Post.
