The counties are Miami-Dade in south Florida, Hillsborough in the Tampa Bay region, Lee County in southwest Florida and Santa Rosa County in the Florida Panhandle. That brings the number of Florida cases to nine total, none of them in pregnant women. The Executive Order also says that special attention for mosquito sprays shall be paid to residential areas, as CDC guidance indicates that backpack mosquito spray measures may be most effective.
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The virus, which has been linked to birth defects in the Americas, is primarily spread through mosquito bites, but investigators had been exploring the possibility it could be sexually transmitted.
Yesterday (February 2) the first two cases of the virus were detected in Ireland and a case of Zika being transmitted through sex was reported in the US. However, the risk of transmitting the virus through blood donations remained “extremely” low in the continental United States, the disaster relief agency said.
“Additionally, we have distributed health information from the CDC to our disease management and case management teams to help support our members”, an Aetna Inc. spokesman said in a statement.
Last week it was revealed that three Brits had contracted the disease and pregnant women have been warned against travelling to infected areas.
Play video “What Is The Zika Virus?”. In otherwise healthy adults, symptoms include fever, rash, muscle and joint pain and reddened eyes.
The World Health Organisation declared an worldwide health emergency earlier this week, warning up to 4 million people could become infected in the next year alone.
“There are many things we don’t know about Zika”, Mr Hartl said. Pregnant women should avoid contact with semen from men exposed to the virus. There has only been one case of transmission within the us, involving an individual who had sexual intercourse with someone recently back from Latin America.
Argentina’s health authorities reported a second Zika case on Wednesday.
“As Zika is transmitted through mosquitoes, vector control remains the mainstay to prevent transmission of the Zika virus”, the MOH said.
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“The places where this virus is more common, we’re seeing babies being born to infected moms”. The illness is usually mild with symptoms lasting several days to a week.
