MIAMI (WSVN) - Concerns surfacing about the Zika virus has one Florida blood donation center checking its collections.

OneBlood will begin testing some of its donated blood and wants to make sure that hospitals have access to Zika-screened blood for high-risk patients, including pregnant women.

The virus has been linked to serious birth defects.

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