While there is no immediate risk of anyone else contracting the virus, the Mackay Public Health Unit says a mosquito control team will travel from Townsville to Mackay.
Authorities will assess an area in South Mackay to see if there are populations of Aedes aegypti, a mosquito which can transmit Zika.
Once the inspection has been completed, further advice will be provided to the public.
Director of Public Health Dr Richard Gair says it’s important people do not panic as there has never been a case of locally acquired Zika virus in Australia.
Mackay in Queensland.
