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CDC issues travel notice to Cayman Islands due to Zika virus
“Women who are or may become pregnant are strongly encouraged to postpone travel to areas where Zika virus transmission is ongoing”.
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Meanwhile, health officials cleared another four-block area of the Wynwood neighborhood in Miami, further shrinking the so-called hot zone for the first two dozen local Zika cases in Florida.
People contract the Zika virus mostly through bites from mosquitoes that have not been found in Wyoming. CDC has confirmed a US case of Zika virus infection in a non-traveler after the person’s sexual partner returned from an affected country and developed symptoms. In areas that are conducive to all of those illnesses, tests may not be able to tell the difference between them-which is especially critical for pregnant women who may have contracted the Zika virus. If the man is diagnosed with Zika, experts recommend waiting to have unprotected sex for at least six months after he begins exhibiting symptoms. Infants infected with the Zika virus before birth also can have eye defects, hearing loss and impaired growth.
Zika is primarily spread by mosquitoes, but can also be transmitted by sexual contact.
Thursday’s new travel-related cases mainly involve residents in Broward County with 17 new confirmations there. Once a travel-related case is identified, public health officials and local mosquito control agencies are notified to take action to minimize the potential for local spread.
A comparison of those numbers to the department’s August 2 Zika Weekly Surveillance Report shows that there were 32 new confirmed cases on St. Thomas, three on St. Croix and one on St. John. Babies with microcephaly are born with too-small heads and underdeveloped brains.
The Obama administration said Thursday that it will transfer $81 million from existing federal health programs so there’s enough money to continue trials of a Zika vaccine. It believes the actual number of infections is likely higher because most people with Zika infections have no symptoms and might not seek testing. The real danger lies in its effect on pregnant women.
Aerial spraying of pesticides targeting adult mosquitoes is scheduled Friday over Wynwood as well as surrounding areas, and tablets of larvae-eating bacteria are being dropped into storm drains throughout Miami-Dade County just in case.
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“Zika poses a hidden threat to future generations of Puerto Ricans, and I feel the responsibility to do everything in my power to fight the spread of it”, he said.