Florida Gov. Rick Scott said five cases of transmission of local infection in a tourist resort occurred WebMD HealthDay News By Dennis Th...
Florida Gov. Rick Scott said five cases of transmission of local infection in a tourist resort occurred
WebMD HealthDay News
By Dennis Thompson
HealthDay reporter
Friday, 19 August 2016 (HealthDay News) - Federal health officials urge pregnant women to Miami Beach to avoid travel, Florida by Governor Rick Scott confirmed Friday that five cases of local transmission of the virus Zika they are held.
Previously transmitted local transmission Zika by mosquitoes - which can cause devastating birth defects in babies - it was a quarter limited north of Miami known as Wynwood. The Centers for Disease Control and prevention of disease had already warned that pregnant women not to go to the Wynwood area, and on Friday the agency including advanced consulting affected by Zika Miami Beach.
"We think we have a new area where local transmission in Miami Beach takes," Scott told reporters at a press lunch.
The five cases include three men and two women, two of whom are local residents and three were tourists in New York, Texas and Taiwan.
involved The area around the latter group comprises 1.5 square miles between streets 8 and number 28 in Miami Beach, Scott, who added that there are now 36 confirmed cases of local infection by the state, Zika said.
"Pregnant women traveling in the designated area of Miami Beach, adjacent to the area Wynwood called the local labor transfer should avoid Zika was confirmed," CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden said at the press conference on Friday.
A wider travel warning for pregnant women could tourism and fears of pregnant women at risk in the area of Miami life.
Zika virus is usually transmitted by mosquitoes and can cause temporary illness. It is dangerous for pregnant women because the virus microcephaly report devastating birth defect where the babies are born smaller than normal heads and brains underdeveloped.
The authorities continue to struggle with mosquito control in Wynwood Miami area, Frieden said.
"Although the state of Florida, has collected using CDC and continue to mount an aggressive response, mosquitoes are persistent and we will not know for at least a few weeks, if these control measures worked aggressively," said Peace Wednesday.
