Myanmar detects its first Zika infection
It is reported that a pregnant foreign woman had been diagnosed with the mosquito-borne virus.
The World Health Organization warned earlier this month, that Zika was likely to spread throughout Asia after being detected in 70 countries worldwide, including at least 19 in the Asia Pacific region.
While the virus - which is linked to birth defects - has been present in Southeast Asia for years, there has been an increase in the number of recorded cases in the region in recent months.
According to a news report by the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar, the infected lady is in Yangon, the country's largest city.
"Authorities confirmed the infection in the 32-year-old foreign woman yesterday following a laboratory test," the report said.
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It also cited the health and sports ministry as saying it was the country's "first case of Zika infection".
It was not immediately clear if the woman was a tourist.
Zika causes only mild symptoms in most people, including fever, sore eyes and a rash.
But pregnant women with the virus risk giving birth to babies with microcephaly - a deformation that leads to abnormally small brains and heads.
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The WHO report which was released earlier also warned that the Asia Pacific region is likely to see "new cases and possibly new outbreaks of Zika".
It said the virus is "highly likely to further spread in the region" which includes China, Japan, Australia, most Southeast Asian nations and the Pacific islands.
At least 400 Zika cases have been detected in Singapore, while Thailand last month reported its first cases of Zika-linked microcephaly in two babies.
There is no cure or vaccine for the virus.