The Health Ministry confirmed that the mosquito transmits Zika virus, Aedes aegypti, limitedly exist in some Egyptian governorates, pointing out that authorities confront it continuously, Head of Preventive Medicine department of Health Ministry stated Sunday. Dr. Amr Kandil told Youm7 that Egypt hasn't reported any infections of the virus yet, neither the region of East Mediterranean. Last week, World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the Zika virus is "is now spreading explosively" in the Americas, with another official estimating between 3 million to 4 million infections in the region over a 12-month period. Yet, WHO hasn't reached a vaccine to hail the patients, saying that the virus affects exclusively the pregnant women, causing microcephaly to the newborn. The Zika virus is a flavivirus, part of the same family as yellow fever, West Nile, chikungunya and dengue. But unlike some of those viruses, there is no vaccine to prevent Zika or medicine to treat the infection, according to CNN report.