Japan has confirmed its first Zika case in the latest outbreak of the virus that has flared up in Latin America. A male teenager near the capital Tokyo has been infected with the mosquito-borne virus. The teenager is reported to have contracted the virus after a visit to Brazil, the hardest hit country. Nevertheless, Japan has downplayed any chance of a massive outbreak in the country. "It is not yet the season for mosquitoes to be active in our nation, so there is little concern that this c… READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2016/02/26/japan-confirms-first-zika-case-in-latest-outbreak Africanews is a new pan-African media pioneering multilingual and independent news telling expertise in Sub-Saharan Africa. Subscribe on ourYoutube channel : https://www.youtube.com/c/africanews Africanews is available in English and French. Website : www.africanews.com Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews