The global agency is holding an emergency meeting in Switzerland on Monday to determine whether the outbreak is a “public health emergency of worldwide concern”. “And there is no vaccine that can prevent it. If you are in one of these areas, the best thing you can do is try to avoid being bitten by one of these mosquitoes in the first place”. The woman recovered quickly and is now back at work.
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Her and her husband were planning to go to Jamaica, but Sanders was tipped off about the dangers from a friend at the CDC, she told her to talk to her doctor.
As per to the reports, Major airline companies have started refunding the tickets to passengers who are have their plan to visit Zika affected countries.
While health officials say most people exposed to the virus suffer only mild symptoms, the risk is far greater for pregnant women. So is a sun vacation. “So, we immediately cancelled our trip”. For pregnant women, they can suffer complications, and their babies could have malformation, shed added.
“It would have been nice to have a vacation”, says Stephanie. “There is one case I know of where they think it could have been spread by sexual contact, but that has not been proven”.
She is steering clients away from there as well as from the Dominican Republic, another country where Zika virus has been transmitted and is Allen’s second most popular babymoon spot.
“Looking at the birth defects, it’s juts really not worth the risk”, says Sanders.
The American Red Cross says the chances of them receiving contaminated blood in the continental U.S are low but they are taking these precautions.
Dawson-Chalet said the virus has many of her patients on edge.
Latest updates on the virus’ situation and travel information can be found of the CDC’s travel advisory page. Forty-nine babies with suspected microcephaly have died, Brazil’s health ministry says. “Some of the questions that people are going to ask, we don’t have answers for”. But officials are studying whether some severe birth defects can be linked to an infection during pregnancy.
But Allen said the babymoon market as a whole is not likely to take a hit; instead, couples will just travel to different, non-Zika-affected areas.
Norwegian Cruise Line and Carnival say that pregnant women will be allowed to reschedule cruises or change to another itinerary in a region that is not affected by Zika.
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“It’s scary”, says Cameron, “I’ve been to Cuba two years ago and there are a lot of mosquitoes so even if it’s not there, if you get bit by a mosquito, it’s in the back of your mind”.
