Gov. Rick Scott has announced Wednesday that a second case of non-travel related Zika virus has been reported in Palm Beach County.
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In Miami, where two neighborhoods have been put on Zika alert – the north Miami neighborhood of Wynwood and a section of Miami Beach – the number of locally-acquired Zika cases is now at 42, according to Tuesday’s Tampa Bay Times. To date, there are approximately 60 other travel-related Zika cases throughout Georgia and no evidence of local transmission in Georgia. Condoms and other barriers can reduce the spread of Zika and other viruses transmitted through sex.
The first case of the Zika virus in Lenawee County is confirmed by the county health department.
Scott also confirmed four new non-travel related cases of Zika in the impacted area in Wynwood, where the first locally transmitted USA cases were reported.
To help residents resolve questions about the virus and its spread, the state has set up a Zika Virus Information Hotline at 1-855-622-6735.
“Florida’s small case cluster is not considered widespread transmission, however, pregnant women are advised to avoid non-essential travel to the impacted area in Miami-Dade County”, the department said.
During a recent public forum in Sarasota on Zika, expert panelists anxious about indications that the virus might have a range of deleterious impacts on fetuses infected with the virus – beyond microcephaly, which causes children to have unusually small heads.
Health officials have been going door to door to warn people in the area and said “mosquito abatement and reduction activities” are taking place in the locations being investigated.
Clinton said the fund would specifically equip health officials at federal agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as well as state and local departments.
Prior research has shown the Zika virus attacks neural progenitor cells – a type of stem cell that develops into different types of nerve or brain cells. Zika poses a danger of severe birth defects for children of infected women.
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A group of scientists from around the world, brought together by a researcher at the University of Florida, predict the outbreak will not last as long as many people fear. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, that would release funds after the secretary of health and human resources declares a public health emergency. We need to use bug repellent. Yet the New England Journal of Medicine found the estimated risk for microcephaly with Zika infections in the first trimester of pregnancy ranged from 1 percent to 13 percent.
