Symptoms include fever, itching and muscle pain and scientists believe the infection can cause birth defects including an abnormally small head and brain damage.
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CDC Director Tom Frieden, who spent Thursday touring the Wynwood area with Scott, State Surgeon General Celeste Philip and elected officials, said he was “very encouraged” by the initial results of aerial spraying.
The virus is of most concern to pregnant women or women considering getting pregnant in the near future.
The Pentagon said that all the exposures happened outside the USA, but some of those who have had it or may now have it may be in the United States, as there is no quarantine for Zika. This remains the only area of the state where the health department has confirmed ongoing local transmissions of Zika.
Stopping the spread of Zika in South Florida is top priority, but right behind that is stopped the fear that’s spreading with reports of Zika cases coming from mosquitoes in Miami. But Chalmers Vasquez, Miami-Dade’s mosquito control manager, said all of the insects found inside the 16 traps placed throughout the designated zone were found dead. That said, we should be able to control it.
The Zika virus was confirmed in Stanislaus County in June when a 19-year-old man came down with the virus after traveling to the Caribbean.
Israel’s Ministry of Health has issued an advisory for pregnant women and women planning to get pregnant on travel to southern Florida, where several cases of the Zika virus have been reported. It is authorized only for the detection of Zika virus infection and not for any other viruses or pathogens.
Two children have been born in California with Zika virus-related microcephaly, according to officials, one of them in Alameda County. This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 15 cases of Zika that appear to have been contracted from mosquito bites in Miami, Fla. Lawmakers who balked at spending more than a billion to fight Zika should consider the billions that Medicaid will spend to care for severely disabled babies – unless the United States finds a way to protect them from Zika.
14 cases of locally transmitted Zika cases have popped up in areas near Miami.
As of this week, the CDC had counted 1,658 cases, including 433 pregnant women.
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“Pregnant women or those considering pregnancy should use the CDC’s travel advisories to think carefully about summer travel”, said Dr. Janet Berreman, the city of Berkeley’s health officer.
