Frieden also says the large numbers of residents and visitors in the area will make it challenging to control the spread of Zika there.
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An announcement was expected to be made as early as Friday.
Miami Beach’s mayor also went on the offensive. This spraying was recommended by Denton County Public Health in conjunction with response recommendations published by the Texas Department of State Health Services and the Centers for Disease Control.
“We have been very vocal in articulating the risk for individuals who could get Zika, should they be pregnant or become pregnant while traveling to an area where the disease transmission is occurring”, Hovan said.
The county also continues the testing that started more than 15 years ago to track the West Nile virus, which is also transmitted by mosquitoes. The health official said that a possible expanded travel advisory would not signify that Zika is spreading rapidly; just that there’s another area of concern.
Another infection zone was previously identified in Miami’s Wynwood arts district.
Two patients are Miami-Dade County residents, and three are tourists, including one man and two women, Scott said.
Two new cases of Zika have been linked to Miami Beach, sources told NBC 6 Thursday.
In the last four months, authorities have recorded close to 4,000 cases in Brazil in which the mosquito-borne Zika virus may have led to microcephaly in infants. One is in Palm Beach, and the other five are in Miami-Dade.
This story has been corrected to reflect that the Health Department spokeswoman, not the governor, said officials believe mosquitoes transmitted the Zika.
The Miami Herald first reported the email. Florida Gov. Rick Scott, in a statement to The Washington Post, said that the outbreak was still confined to Wynwood.
The Zika virus has officially hit Miami Beach, with at least one city official confirming that two new non-travel related cases have been reported there.
Reading from a memo sent by City Manager Jimmy Morales, Gonzalez said the city will now focus on eliminating potential breeding sites, communicating with local businesses, and “fogging” the area with pesticides.
The revelations come after Florida health officials had identified one neighborhood north of downtown Miami as a transmission zone.
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The state health department will provide the Atlantic City WIC office and other health centers in New Jersey with toolkits containing repellant and additional information for people travelling to affected areas in the future.
