Last Friday, July 29, the Department of Health confirmed the first local transmissions of the Zika virus in four individuals.
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The Public Health Department says it continues to work with local health care providers and partner organizations to consider Zika as they see patients and to ask about travel history.
CCTV America’s Nitza Soledad Perez reports.
The latest finger-pointing in Congress indicated there was little chance lawmakers would cut short their seven-week summer break to vote on Zika funding. “There isn’t local transmission in IL so far”. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a travel advisory for that area for pregnant women. One hotel worker said that groups are starting to cancel events including weddings and business conferences. The demand follows news that mosquito-transmitted Zika virus has been discovered in a small section of Miami, according to Examiner Congressional Correspondent Susan Ferrechio.
Stoughton also tells us that if you are traveling overseas be aware of typically tropical or sub-tropical countries. “We’ve had one Mexico cancellation, and that was earlier in the year, but I think people that are booking now have already heard about the Zika virus and the precautions to take”, he said. “The CDC have given a travel alert saying that pregnant women should not travel there”, Fauci said on “The Cats Roundtable” radio show on AM 970.
House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan accused Democrats of obstructing the funding and said President Barack Obama’s administration has failed to spend existing funds to prevent the spread of the mosquito-borne virus.
“We’re doing aerial spraying for adulticide, which basically helps control the adult population of mosquitoes”, said Miami Mayor Carlos Gimenez. Schumer’s warning was made in response to a recent U.S.travel warning for Miami, and the possibility of vital clinical trials for the vaccine to contain the Zika virus being terminated due to lack of funds.
“Meanwhile, the people on the front lines have been making do”. The CDC has released maps showing that the species of mosquitoes known to carry the disease, Aedes aegypti (Yellow Fever mosquito) and Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito), range across much of the southern United States, including Virginia.
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“These cases emphasize the most severe risks of Zika infection, which will result in mild, if any, symptoms for the vast majority of people”.
