In Georgia, Savannah Morning News reported a positive case of the Zika virus in Bulloch County.
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Another locally acquired case of the Zika virus has been found outside the hot zones in Wynwood and Miami Beach.
As Zika infections continue to spread around the nation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is recommending that all donated blood and blood components be tested for the mosquito-borne virus. The virus can also be spread through sex.
Scott made some of the same complaints about the CDC last week, including the request for 10,000 Zika Prevention Kits.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott will travel Washington, D.C., on September 6 to meet with members of Congress and discuss the immediate need for funding to combat the Zika virus, the governor’s office announced Thursday afternoon.
Expanding the guidance is expected to further reduce the risk of transmitting Zika through the USA blood supply, the FDA said.
If Department of Health officials conclude mosquitoes have transmitted the disease to people in the Tampa Bay area of Pinellas County, it would the third such area in the continental US following clusters of cases traced to downtown Miami’s Wynwood arts district and a touristy area of Miami Beach. Two infants with Zika-related microcephaly have been born in California this year to women who had Zika virus infections during pregnancy after spending time in an area where the virus is circulating in mosquitoes, according to the CDPH.
With the number of Zika cases in the United States growing, the mayor of Miami Beach, Florida, says he’s frustrated that Congress still hasn’t passed a bill to help combat the virus.
Since January, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reporting 1,658 Zika disease cases nationwide.
“To date we have a total of 43 cases that are non-travel related in the entire state”, Scott said.
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Some 2,500 people in the USA now have Zika, most acquired from overseas travel, with another 9,000 cases in Puerto Rico, according to the CDC. The domestic American cases include 22 believed to be the result of sexual transmission, one that was the result of laboratory exposure, plus 14 new cases from local mosquitoes.
