Pregnant women who have been to this area since July should see their doctor or other healthcare provider about getting tested for Zika.
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In February, President Obama requested $1.9 billion in nationwide funding to fight Zika.
They also heighten concerns over Zika’s spread in the continental United States.
A plane sprays pesticide over parts of the city of Miami in the hope of controlling the number of mosquitos, some of which may be able to spread the Zika virus, on August 12. They also told them to consider postponing travel anywhere in Miami-Dade County. Containment there will be hard because high-rise buildings and strong winds make it impractical to spray the neighborhood from the air, officials said Friday.
“Just like when we learned of transmission in Wynwood, the county has already begun an aggressive mosquito eradication plan that includes additional spraying in Miami Beach”, Scott said.
The agency says it is working closely with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control to provide Canadians with the most up-to-date information possible regarding the virus.
The Miami Herald first reported the email. In June, the Walter Reed doctors published a study in the journal Nature in which they said that mice developed immunity to the Zika virus after injection with a purified inactivated virus vaccine, called ZPIV.
“I have been informed that two Zika cases have been linked to Miami Beach, one a tourist who visited the Beach approximately two weeks ago, and another a resident who also works on the Beach”, Morales wrote.
At the direction of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, the state Department of Public Health has taken additional steps to actively detect any possible local transmission of Zika in CT and will remain vigilant in efforts to protect CT residents from Zika virus, the department said.
Nationally, there are more than 2,200 confirmed Zika cases in the states and more than 8,000 in US territories, the vast majority of those in Puerto Rico.
Local residents are trying to avoid having the outbreak affect their everyday lives, and kids are returning to school as officials try to figure out how best to deal with the outbreak.
Dr. Tom Frieden says planes can’t fly low enough among Miami Beach’s high-rises to spray pesticides that kill mosquitoes and their larvae. This announcement made the popular vacation destination the second location in Florida to receive a travel advisory in an effort to contain the spread of the disease.
Gov. Rick Scott held a press conference Friday morning, saying the state is testing thousands of patients.
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Morales said the city has been “proactively focused on the elimination of potential breeding sites for months”.
