Florida on Friday said the first four cases of Zika in the state likely were caused by mosquitoes, the first sign that the virus is circulating locally, although it has yet to identify mosquitoes carrying the disease.
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“We definitely don’t take this lightly”.
Long said she was not at all anxious about Zika, even though she worked in health care, and did not even know about the travel warning for pregnant women. Most of us aren’t going there, but it does have some local families changing their travel plans.
“A team is being deployed by the CDC in short order so that we will be able to work with Governor Scott’s team on the ground in South Florida”, White House spokesman Eric Schultz told reporters.
“I heard about it when I was there and I was kind of concerned so you see that’s why I have on sleeves”, Tracy Bernard explained. “But I’m scared, because they say that Zika is here in Wynwood”. “I’m guessing most women who are pregnant are doing that”.
“In Miami, aggressive mosquito control effects don’t seem to be working as well as we would have liked”, he said. It did not say whether all 10 of the people live in the area. Zika is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito; 42 countries and territories have confirmed local transmission of the virus since 2015.
But Rowe is not anxious about a widespread outbreak.
Health officials tell us, in Colorado, the biggest concern is West Nile virus.
“If everybody would get rid of standing water, use bug repellent, use protective gear, then with what mosquito boards are going to be doing and continue to do around the state, we will be successful”, Scott says. It recommended, however that said that those with respiratory conditions stay inside during spraying. At Florida’s request, CDC is also sending a CDC Emergency Response Team with experts in Zika virus, pregnancy and birth defects, vector control, laboratory science, and risk communications to assist in the response.
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Women who are pregnant and live in or may have travelled to the area since June 15 should talk with their doctor, Frieden added. Because Zika infection has been found to linger in sperm for months, men with Zika symptoms should wait at least six months before trying to have a baby with their partner.
