US Health Officials Still Puzzled by Unique Zika Case In Utah
Zika is mainly spread by mosquitoes but can also be spread via sex. The unique case which was found in July, however, had no known risk factors for the virus.
Zika is mainly spread by mosquitoes but can also be spread via sex. The unique case which was found in July, however, had no known risk factors for the virus.
‘Zika is already affecting the local tourist economy in Miami Beach - with one hotel reporting its worst three-week period in the past 15 years.’
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The Florida Department of Health has identified five people who all experienced symptoms within one month of each other - three of them in the newly expanded area, according to Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez. The announcement extended the nation's second designated Zika zone so far north that it now covers virtually all of Miami Beach, the heart of Miami-Dade's tourism industry as the slow summer season gives way to the busier vacation stretch of the fall and winter.
The number of locally transmitted cases is now 93, which includes at least 10 people who live outside the state but acquired the virus here.
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Getting answers for the state-funded Zika tests have become a blood-boiling wait for patients in Florida, US. In private lab testing, the wait is much shorter.
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As the zone grows and public health concerns mount, Zika is already affecting the local tourist economy - with one hotel reporting its worst three-week period in the past 15 years, The Miami Herald added.
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Unique Zika Case Still Remains a Mystery
The unique Zika case had no known risk factors for the virus, had not traveled to an area with Zika transmission and had no sexual contact with an infected person.
The unique Zika case had no known risk factors for the virus, had not traveled to an area with Zika transmission and had no sexual contact with an infected person.
