But the prevalence of the Zika virus across the U.S. territory gave her pause. Kao, pregnant with twins, knew the mosquito-borne Zika virus has been linked to a rare birth defect in a tiny percentage of cases. "They've exaggerated the numbers," Puerto Rico's Health Secretary Ana Rius told The Associated Press. The CDC has projected that more than 20 percent of Puerto Rico's 3.5 million people could be infected with Zika in an outbreak expected to peak by this summer. Major League Baseball scrapped a two-game Puerto Rico series between the Miami Marlins and the Pittsburgh Pirates scheduled for late May that will now be played in Miami.

Source: ABC News May 31, 2016 04:07 UTC