New case of Zika virus confirmed in Alaska stat : webcenter11

A new case of the Zika virus has been confirmed in Alaska. According to state health officials, an Alaska resident who had recently traveled to Central America tested positive for the virus. He also said that mosquito species native to Alaska are not the ones carrying the virus. Prior cases of Zika were reported in Alaska in 2007 and 2016. Zika is a mosquito–borne sickness that could have no symptoms or may cause fatigue, fever, chills, loss of appetite, or sweating.




ANCHORAGE –An Alaskan who recently traveled to Central America tested positive for the Zika virus after returning to their home state, according to a Friday morning release from the Department of Health and Social Services. Jay Butler, Director of Public Health and Chief Medical Officer for Alaska, says Alaskans can rest assured they are in no danger of contracting the virus from mosquitos here," the agency wrote. Click, here for pre-travel information. Health and social services explained that the Zika virus cannot spread between humans through "casual contact and is transmitted only by two species of mosquitos native to warmer climates that do not live here in Alaska."Two Zika cases have been reported in Alaska previously — once in 2007 and again in 2016. The state is warning residents traveling to parts of the globe where the virus is active to take precautions — including using insect repellent, wearing long pants and long-sleeved shirts, sleeping in a mosquito net, using screens on windows or keeping them shut, and removing standing water from an area where they're sleeping, in effort to discourage mosquito breeding.


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