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Zika strikes Miami Beach: Five new infections reported
Zika strikes Miami Beach: Five new infections reported
August 20, 2016, 8:03 AM |A second site of the Zika virus has now been confirmed in Miami Beach.Officials say five people in the Miami Beach zone have been infected, bringing the total number of infections in two areas of the city to 36.Both neighborhoods are popular with tourists.
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Pregnant women told to avoid area in Miami Beach as Zika virus spreads
Pregnant women told to avoid area in Miami Beach as Zika virus spreads
MIAMI BEACH — With the Zika virus spreading to Miami Beach, federal health officials Friday advised pregnant women not to visit a 20-block stretch of one of the country's most alluring tourist destinations.They also told them to consider postponing travel anywhere in Miami-Dade County.The escalation of the Zika crisis here sent tremors through South Florida's vibrant tourist industry and stoked the fears of pregnant women, worried about the virus' ability to cause severe brain damage in infants.
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CDC Expands Zika Travel Advisory To Miami
CDC Expands Zika Travel Advisory To Miami
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday expanded itsunprecedented travel advisory warning pregnant women to avoid several neighborhoods in Miami, Florida.The initial advisory, issued on August 2, was the first of its kind for a continental U.S. city.The expanded advisory names "a second zone of local Zika transmission, a swath of Miami Beach that includes the popular tourist magnet of South Beach," the New York Timesreports.
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Zika Spreads to Miami Beach, U.S. Expands Travel Warning
Zika Spreads to Miami Beach, U.S. Expands Travel Warning
Federal health officials on Friday warned pregnant women not to travel to trendy Miami Beach after Florida confirmed that the mosquito-borne Zika virus was active in the popular tourist destination.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also suggested that pregnant women who are especially worried about exposure to Zika – which has been shown to cause the severe birth defect known as microcephaly – might consider avoiding all of Miami-Dade County.The new warnings represent a challenge to Florida's multibillion dollar tourism industry, with Miami Beach accounting for nearly half of visitor stays in the Greater Miami area.
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