We want to avoid the zika virus in the Caribbean

Q My husband and I want to take our adult children and their partners to the Caribbean in February or March. The ladies don’t want to visit anywhere that may have the zika virus, but it appears that the whole area is threatened. Can you advise me on alternative destinations that are relaxing, hot, on or near a beach, but are zika-free?
Yvonne Snooks, via email

A Zika is a risk in much of the Caribbean, but according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (cdc.gov), there are three Francophone Caribbean islands that are free of zika-carrying mosquitoes — Guadeloupe, Martinique and St Barts — as well as the Bahamas. Getting to St Barts from the UK is quite complicated, but you could spend seven nights…