Advice for people living in or traveling to South Florida
Miami-Dade County, FL. Red shows areas of active transmission where CDC recommends adherence to travel and testing guidance for pregnant women, women of reproductive age, and their partners. Yellow shows areas where CDC recommends cautionary travel recommendations and strict adherence to precautions to prevent mosquito bites.
On August 1, CDC issued guidance for people who travel to or live in a 1-square-mile area of Wynwood, FL, identified by the Florida Department of Health as having mosquito-borne spread of Zika. On August 19, CDC also issued guidance for a 1.5-square-mile section of Miami Beach identified to have mosquito-borne spread of Zika; on September 17, this section was expandedto a 4.5-square-mile area.
As of September 19, CDC has updated guidance for the Wynwood-designated area after three mosquito incubation periods passed without any new locally transmitted cases of Zika.
General guidance
The guidance below applies to the identified area in Wynwood, FL.
The guidance below applies to people who live in or traveled to the identified area of Miami Beach any time after July 14, 2016. This timeframe is based on the earliest time symptoms can start and the maximum 2-week incubation period for Zika virus.
Florida health officials can answer specific questions on their mosquito control program. Aerial treatment of areas with products that rapidly reduce both young and adult mosquitoes can help to limit the number of mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus. Repeated aerial applications of insecticide has reduced mosquito populations as a part of an integrated mosquito management program.
Miami-Dade County, FL. Red shows areas of active transmission where CDC recommends adherence to travel and testing guidance for pregnant women, women of reproductive age, and their partners. Yellow shows areas where CDC recommends cautionary travel recommendations and strict adherence to precautions to prevent mosquito bites.
On August 1, CDC issued guidance for people who travel to or live in a 1-square-mile area of Wynwood, FL, identified by the Florida Department of Health as having mosquito-borne spread of Zika. On August 19, CDC also issued guidance for a 1.5-square-mile section of Miami Beach identified to have mosquito-borne spread of Zika; on September 17, this section was expandedto a 4.5-square-mile area.
As of September 19, CDC has updated guidance for the Wynwood-designated area after three mosquito incubation periods passed without any new locally transmitted cases of Zika.
General guidance
- Pregnant women and their sex partners who are concerned about potential exposure to Zika may consider postponing nonessential travel to all partsof Miami-Dade County.
- All pregnant women in the United States should be assessed for possible Zika virus exposure and signs or symptoms of Zika during each prenatal care visit.
- Women with Zika should wait at least 8 weeks after symptoms start before trying to get pregnant.
- Men with Zika should wait at least 6 months after symptoms start before couples try to get pregnant.
- Pregnant women with possible Zika exposure and signs or symptoms of Zika should be tested for Zika.
- Effective contraception to prevent pregnancy in women and their partners who want to delay or prevent pregnancy is a key prevention strategy for Zika.
The guidance below applies to the identified area in Wynwood, FL.
- Pregnant women and partners of pregnant women who are worried about potential exposure to Zika may consider postponing nonessential travel to all parts of Miami-Dade County, including the Wynwood area.
- Pregnant women and partners of pregnant women living in or traveling to the area should strictly follow steps to prevent mosquito bites.
- Women and men living in or who traveled to the area should be aware that the location was considered to have active Zika virus transmission from June 15 to September 18, 2016. Pregnant women should talk to their doctor or other healthcare provider about getting tested for Zika. Partners of pregnant women should consistently and correctly use condoms to prevent passing Zika during sex, or they should not have sex during the pregnancy.
- Women and men who do not have signs or symptoms of Zika and who traveled to the area from June 15 to September 18 should wait at least 8 weeks before trying to get pregnant.
- Men who had signs or symptoms of Zika or were diagnosed with Zika and who traveled to the area from June 15 to September 18 should wait at least 6 months before trying to get their partner pregnant.
The guidance below applies to people who live in or traveled to the identified area of Miami Beach any time after July 14, 2016. This timeframe is based on the earliest time symptoms can start and the maximum 2-week incubation period for Zika virus.
- Pregnant women should not travel to the Miami Beach area.
- Pregnant women and partners of pregnant women living in or traveling to this area should strictly follow steps to prevent mosquito bites.
- Women and men who live in or traveled to this area and who have a pregnant sex partner should use condoms to prevent infection every time they have sex or not have sex during the pregnancy.
- Pregnant women who live in or frequently travel to this area should be tested in the first and second trimester of pregnancy.
- Pregnant women who traveled to or had unprotected sex with a partner that traveled to or lives in this area should talk to their healthcare provider and should be tested for Zika.
- Women and men who live in or frequently travel to this area should talk to their healthcare provider about plans for pregnancy.
- Women and men who traveled to this area should wait at least 8 weeks before trying to get pregnant.
Florida health officials can answer specific questions on their mosquito control program. Aerial treatment of areas with products that rapidly reduce both young and adult mosquitoes can help to limit the number of mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus. Repeated aerial applications of insecticide has reduced mosquito populations as a part of an integrated mosquito management program.
- Page last reviewed: August 1, 2016
- Page last updated: September 19, 2016
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- http://www.cdc.gov/zika/intheus/florida-update.html
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