TALLAHASSEE — Florida confirmed its first Zika-related case of microcephaly Tuesday in a child whose mother contracted the virus in Haiti, officials said.

In a statement, Republican Governor Rick Scott called the diagnosis ‘‘heartbreaking’’ and asked federal health experts to talk with Florida medical professionals about what precautions pregnant women should take.

The mother is a Haitian citizen who came to Florida to give birth, and the family would be connected with a state program for infants and toddlers with developmental delays, according to a statement from Florida’s Department of Health.

The extent of Haiti’s Zika outbreak is unknown due to the country’s lack of routine data collection systems. Its health ministry hasn’t reported any Zika-related microcephaly cases, though it has reported about a dozen suspected cases of the neurological disorder Guillain-Barre, including two definitively linked to Zika by lab tests.

The virus is primarily spread by tropical mosquitoes. It’s linked to birth defects, including microcephaly, which causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads and incomplete brain development.

Federal health officials have tracked four babies born in the United States with Zika-linked birth defects.

Associated Press