The head of the CDC testified on Capitol Hill Thursday, along with other experts about what the continental United States can expect with the Zika virus and how to protect people.
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Ms Hennessy said there was no risk to the public as the virus was not transmitted person to person, and was not present in Australian mosquitoes.
Now there is no further information about the victim.
“However, we are advising all people, particularly pregnant women, to avoid travelling to those countries where there have been Zika outbreaks”.
The senators say the additional funding is necessary to prevent birth defects believed to be caused by the virus.
While New Jersey has seen one case of the Zika Virus, Morris County has not had any reports, Morris County Health Officer Carlos Perez and Mosquito Control Administrator Kris McMorland said.
State health officials are working with the CDC and distributing guidance to Maryland hospitals.
The health directors also said transferring Ebola supplement to Zika is not practical, “we still need to identify new characteristics of Ebola”, said Frieden, “Ebola is still not over”.
The disease is asymptomatic much of the time.
Castro said the ministry hopes to distribute tests soon that could be used to speed up diagnoses of patients with active symptoms of Zika, dengue and Chikungunya, another related viral infection. The CDC official didn’t say where they lived. Person-to-person transmissions have been reported via blood transfusion and sexual contact.
Right now the mosquito carrying the Zika virus is located in Central and South America and the Caribbean. “I think all of it’s just driven from the concerns with Zika”, said Darryl Nevins, owner of the NE Houston Mosquito Joe.
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“I have three principles for the federal government’s response to Zika”, Mikulski said. There is no treatment or vaccine for it. That announcement came Thursday at a hearing held by a Senate Subcommittee reviewing President Obama’s request for 1.8 billion dollars in emergency funding to fight the Zika virus.
