While the Center for Disease Control is advising pregnant women to avoid travel to Miami Beach, for now, businesses in the city are operating as usual.
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A spokeswoman for Florida’s health department, Mara Gambineri, said the department believes active transmissions are still only occurring in a small area in the Wynwood area of Miami but acknowledged two new Zika cases outside that area.
On Monday, Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine asked for more federal resources to combat the spread of the Zika virus in South Florida.
It is unclear what kind of mosquito control may be implemented, if any, in Miami Beach.
South Dakota has confirmed its first case of the Zika virus, after a woman returning from a foreign country developed symptoms.
There was no shortage of mosquito repellent at the six schools in and near Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood.
The original Zika zone is just across Biscayne Bay.
“This is a good reminder for anyone who travels to Zika-affected areas that it’s important to protect themselves from mosquito bites”, said Dr. Lon Kightlinger, state epidemiologist.
The department recently was one of 40 agencies nationwide awarded part of $!6 million in funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The CDC recommends all pregnant women be assessed for possible exposure to Zika virus, although not all of them need to be tested.
Zika during pregnancy has been linked to microcephaly in newborns.
Monday, children headed back to school in Miami-Dade county, despite growing concerns over the Zika virus. People know we are prepared.
For those who do have symptoms, the most common include fever, rash, joint or muscle pain, conjunctivitis – also known as pink eye – and a headache.
“I think that’s what people are most afraid of, and especially my pregnant ladies, is that it can be pretty devastating”, she said.
“All day, I’m taking care of patients who are anxious about Zika”, she said. “There are going to be a lot of problems getting rid of standing water”. No local transmission has been reported in Mississippi.
Florida “will do everything we can to help pregnant women all across our state”.
“We don’t know the exact link, one could be a tourist, one could be someone who may have worked on Miami Beach”, Levine told reporters. That’s because the airplanes that spray pesticide tend to fly at altitudes of only about 100 feet. “It’s a tough mosquito to spray”. This news story is related to Latest/144369-Health-Zika-could-spread-across-US-Gulf/ – breaking news, latest news, pakistan ne. He also criticized Congress for taking a recess before passing a Zika funding bill. Scott said he’s waiting for a “detailed plan” on how to work with FEMA.
Earlier Monday, U.S. Rep. The connection between Zika and microcephaly first came to light last fall in Brazil, which has now confirmed 1,835 cases of microcephaly that it considers to be related to Zika infections in the mothers.
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“This is something that could hang around for a year or two”, he added, citing American efforts to eradicate the Dengue virus. Freeman reports for the Naples (Fla.) Daily News.
