Miami Beach City Manager Jimmy Morales said in a written statement that the city is in constant communication with Florida state health officials regarding the most effective approach of mosquito control, the paper says. DOH has closed out the investigations into the first cases in Miami-Dade and Broward counties which were announced on July 29th.
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Florida health officials have said repeatedly that one case does not mean active transmission is occurring in an area. The notice is based on information acquired from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Florida Department of Health.
Zika is transmitted mainly by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which are found throughout Florida and other states on the Gulf Coast.
Two of those cases are in Polk County.
The best way to prevent Zika is to avoid travel to areas where active transmission is present.
Until three weeks ago, all documented cases of Zika infection in the continental United States had been linked to people who had traveled to the outbreak region, or people who had had sexual relations or close contact with someone who had traveled there.
In June, the Bloomfield Health Department set up a special Zika hotline number for residents to call if they had questions or concerns about the virus.
The most common symptoms of Zika are fever, rash, joint pain and conjunctivitis (red eyes). A pregnant woman can pass the virus to her fetus during pregnancy. Meanwhile, the Department of Agriculture, along with Public Health Protection and Safety, sponsored training courses to license 50 new pesticide operators. Local officials and code compliance officers were already conducting inspections for mosquito breeding sites, the newspaper said.
Late last month, the CDC warned women who are pregnant to avoid a one-square-mile section of Wynwood, the Miami neighborhood where local transmission was first identified.
The CDC recommends pregnant women postpone travel to areas that are experiencing widespread Zika infection.
“We have been very vocal in articulating the risk for individuals who could get Zika, should they be pregnant or become pregnant while traveling to an area where the disease transmission is occurring”, Hovan said.
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A Zika virus sign is seen at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
