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Florida - Zika tracking

[FONT=&quot]July 19, 2016[/FONT]
[h=2]Department of Health[/h] [h=3]Investigating Possible Non-Travel Related Case of Zika[/h] [FONT=&quot]Contact:
Communications Office
NewsMedia@flhealth.gov
(850) 245-4111[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Tallahassee, Fla. ? Today the Florida Department of Health announced that it is conducting an investigation into a possible non-travel related case of Zika virus in Miami-Dade County.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The department is actively conducting an epidemiological investigation, is collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control and will share additional details as they become available. Zika prevention kits and repellant will be available for pickup at DOH-Miami-Dade and distributed in the area under investigation. Zika kits are intended for pregnant women. Mosquito control has already conducted reduction and prevention activities in the area of investigation.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Residents and visitors are reminded that the best way to protect themselves is to prevent mosquito bites through practicing good drain and cover methods:[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]DRAIN standing water to stop mosquitoes from multiplying[/FONT]
  • Drain water from garbage cans, house gutters, buckets, pool covers, coolers, toys, flower pots or any other containers where sprinkler or rain water has collected.
  • Discard old tires, drums, bottles, cans, pots and pans, broken appliances and other items that aren't being used.
  • Empty and clean birdbaths and pet's water bowls at least once or twice a week.
  • Protect boats and vehicles from rain with tarps that don?t accumulate water.

COVER skin with clothing or repellent
  • Maintain swimming pools in good condition and appropriately chlorinated. Empty plastic swimming pools when not in use.
  • CLOTHING - Wear shoes, socks, long pants and long-sleeves. This type of protection may be necessary for people who must work in areas where mosquitoes are present.

COVER doors and windows with screens to keep mosquitoes out of your house
  • REPELLENT - Apply mosquito repellent to bare skin and clothing.
    • Always use repellents according to the label. Repellents with DEET, picaridin, oil of lemon eucalyptus, and IR3535 are effective.
    • EPA-approved repellent is safe for pregnant women to use.
    • Use mosquito netting to protect children younger than 2 months old.
The department continues to issue daily updates each week day at 2 p.m. Updates include a CDC-confirmed Zika case count by county and information to better keep Floridians prepared.
For more information on Zika virus, click here.
About the Florida Department of Health
The department, nationally accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board, works to protect, promote and improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county and community efforts.
Follow us on Twitter at @HealthyFla and on Facebook. For more information about the Florida Department of Health please visit www.FloridaHealth.gov.
  • Repair broken screening on windows, doors, porches and patios.
 
Florida DOH Tests Locals, Mosquitoes For Non-Travel Zika Virus

July 20, 2016 12:22 PM By Donna Rapado

...
They weren?t saying much else about the investigation Wednesday but CBS Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. John LaPook explained a little further on CBS This Morning.

?This could be a big deal and they way it would happen would not be by mosquitoes flying up from Latin America to the United States. They only travel about a half a mile their whole life. It would be from a person who was infected say in Brazil, coming up here to the United States. Now, there would still be virus in the person?s blood stream,? said LaPook.

He went on, ?Then an uninfected mosquito in the United States would bite that person, become infected and then turn around and bite an uninfected person and now you would have local transmission.?

Dr. LaPook pointed out the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) worried about this all along. He also said health officials had not ruled out the new patient was infected through sexual transmission.
...

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2016/07/2...ple-mosquitoes-for-locally-spread-zika-virus/
 
[FONT=&quot] [h=1]Department of Health Daily Zika Update: One New Travel-Related Case Today in Miami-Dade County[/h] By Florida Department of Health, Office of Communications
July 20, 2016
[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] Press Release[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]
DOH_logo.png

July 20, 2016
[h=2]DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DAILY ZIKA UPDATE: ONE NEW TRAVEL-RELATED CASE TODAY IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY[/h] [h=3][/h] Contact:
Communications Office
NewsMedia@flhealth.gov
(850) 245-4111
Tallahassee, Fla.?In an effort to keep Florida residents and visitors safe and aware about the status of the Zika virus, the Florida Department of Health will issue a Zika virus update each week day at 2 p.m. Updates will include a CDC-confirmed Zika case count by county and information to better keep Floridians prepared.
There is one new travel-related case in Miami-Dade County. According to CDC, symptoms associated with the Zika virus last between seven to 10 days.
The department?s investigation into the possible non-travel related Zika virus case in Miami-Dade County is ongoing and the department will share more details as they become available.
CDC recommends that women who are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant postpone travel to Zika affected areas. According to CDC guidance, providers should consider testing all pregnant women with a history of travel to a Zika affected area for the virus. CDC recommends that a pregnant woman with a history of Zika virus and her provider should consider additional ultrasounds.
Florida has been monitoring pregnant women with evidence of Zika regardless of symptoms since January. The total number of pregnant women who have been monitored is 43, with 12 having met the previous CDC case definition.
The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and CDC released a new case definition for Zika that now includes reporting both asymptomatic and symptomatic cases of Zika. Prior to this change, states reported only symptomatic non-pregnant cases and pregnant cases regardless of symptoms. This change comes as a result of increased availability for testing in commercial laboratories.
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[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] County
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] Number of Cases (all travel related)
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Alachua
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 5
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Brevard
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Broward
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 50
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Charlotte
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Citrus
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 2
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Clay
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 3
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Collier
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 4
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Duval
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Escambia
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Highlands
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Hillsborough
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 7
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Lake
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Lee
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Manatee
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Martin
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Miami-Dade
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 89
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Okaloosa
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Orange
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 33
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Osceola
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 15
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Palm Beach
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 13
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Pasco
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 5
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Pinellas
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 7
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Polk
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 10
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Santa Rosa
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Seminole
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 9
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] St. Johns
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 2
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] St. Lucie
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Volusia
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 3
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Total cases not involving pregnant women
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 284
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[TABLE="border: 1, cellpadding: 0, cellspacing: 0"]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Cases involving pregnant women regardless of symptoms*
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 43
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
*Counties of pregnant women will not be shared.
On Feb. 12, Governor Scott directed the State Surgeon General to activate a Zika Virus Information Hotline for current Florida residents and visitors, as well as anyone planning on traveling to Florida in the near future. The hotline, managed by the Department of Health, has assisted 2,329 callers since it launched. The number for the Zika Virus Information Hotline is 1-855-622-6735.
All cases are travel-associated. There have been no locally-acquired cases of Zika in Florida. For more information on the Zika virus, click here.
...
http://www.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2016/07/072016-zika-update.html
​
[/FONT]​
 
US - Florida: CDC giving $5.6 million grant for Zika funding this week - adding to previous $2 million grant for Zika preparedness - July 20, 2016

Readout of the President’s Call with Governor Rick Scott of Florida


[FONT=&quot][FONT=&quot]The President spoke by phone today with Governor Rick Scott of Florida regarding the suspected case of mosquito transmission of Zika announced by the Florida Department of Health. This case would be the first documented Zika infection caused by a mosquito in the Continental United States. The President recognized Florida's strong record of responding aggressively to local outbreaks of mosquito-borne viruses like Zika, and offered Federal support and technical assistance for Florida's ongoing case investigation and mosquito control efforts. He acknowledged Florida's close coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services and the CDC for Zika preparedness. The President also noted during the call that in addition to the $2 million that CDC has provided to Florida for Zika preparedness, CDC is anticipating it will award Florida $5.6 million in Zika funding through a CDC grant to be awarded this week.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press...-scott-florida

hat tip @greg_folkers for link

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Also please see:

Florida health department investigates possible local Zika transmission

US - Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) is extremely disappointed that Congress was unable to reach agreement on a Zika response funding package[/FONT][/FONT]

US - Florida Daily Zika Update Thread
 
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Florida mosquitoes being tested for Zika to confirm non-travel-related case
327 Zika cases reported in Florida

By Associated Press , Amanda Batchelor - Senior Digital Editor
Posted: 10:08 AM, July 21, 2016
Updated: 10:08 AM, July 21, 2016

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. - ...

Florida's Department of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did not immediately respond to questions about their investigation, but health officials said the case had no apparent connection to travel outside the country.
...
The patient is a woman who lives in Miami-Dade County. That's according to a health official familiar with the case who wasn't authorized to reveal details beyond the statements of the agencies involved, and thus spoke on condition of anonymity.
...

http://www.local10.com/health/zika-...d-for-zika-to-confirm-non-travel-related-case
 
[FONT=&quot] [h=1]Department of Health Daily Zika Update: Seven New Travel-Related Cases Today[/h] By Florida Department of Health, Office of Communications
July 21, 2016
[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] Press Release[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]
DOH_logo.png

July 21, 2016
[h=2]FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DAILY ZIKA UPDATE: SEVEN NEW TRAVEL-RELATED CASES TODAY[/h] [h=3][/h] Contact:
Communications Office
NewsMedia@flhealth.gov
(850) 245-4111
Tallahassee, Fla.?In an effort to keep Florida residents and visitors safe and aware about the status of the Zika virus, the Florida Department of Health will issue a Zika virus update each week day at 2 p.m. Updates will include a CDC-confirmed Zika case count by county and information to better keep Floridians prepared.
There are seven new travel-related cases today, with three in Miami-Dade, one in Palm Beach and three involving pregnant women. According to CDC, symptoms associated with the Zika virus last between seven to 10 days.
The department?s investigation into the possible non-travel related Zika virus case in Miami-Dade County is ongoing and the department will share more details as they become available.
CDC recommends that women who are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant postpone travel to Zika affected areas. According to CDC guidance, providers should consider testing all pregnant women with a history of travel to a Zika affected area for the virus. CDC recommends that a pregnant woman with a history of Zika virus and her provider should consider additional ultrasounds.
Florida has been monitoring pregnant women with evidence of Zika regardless of symptoms since January. The total number of pregnant women who have been monitored is 46, with 15 having met the previous CDC case definition.
The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and CDC released a new case definition for Zika that now includes reporting both asymptomatic and symptomatic cases of Zika. Prior to this change, states reported only symptomatic non-pregnant cases and pregnant cases regardless of symptoms. This change comes as a result of increased availability for testing in commercial laboratories.
[TABLE="align: left, border: 1, cellpadding: 0, cellspacing: 0"]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] County
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] Number of Cases (all travel related)
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Alachua
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 5
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Brevard
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Broward
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 50
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Charlotte
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Citrus
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 2
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Clay
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 3
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Collier
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 4
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Duval
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Escambia
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Highlands
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Hillsborough
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 7
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Lake
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Lee
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Manatee
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Martin
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Miami-Dade
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 92
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Okaloosa
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Orange
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 33
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Osceola
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 15
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Palm Beach
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 14
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Pasco
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 5
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Pinellas
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 7
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Polk
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 10
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Santa Rosa
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Seminole
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 9
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] St. Johns
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 2
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] St. Lucie
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Volusia
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 3
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Total cases not involving pregnant women
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 288
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[TABLE="border: 1, cellpadding: 0, cellspacing: 0"]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Cases involving pregnant women regardless of symptoms*
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 46
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
*Counties of pregnant women will not be shared.
On Feb. 12, Governor Scott directed the State Surgeon General to activate a Zika Virus Information Hotline for current Florida residents and visitors, as well as anyone planning on traveling to Florida in the near future. The hotline, managed by the Department of Health, has assisted 2,329 callers since it launched. The number for the Zika Virus Information Hotline is 1-855-622-6735.
All cases are travel-associated. There have been no locally-acquired cases of Zika in Florida. For more information on the Zika virus, click here.
...
http://www.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2016/07/072116-zika-update.html
​
[/FONT]​
 
Florida - Department of Health, investigating possible non-travel related case of Zika in Broward County

[FONT=&quot] [h=1]Department Of Health, Investigating Possible Non-Travel Related Case Of Zika In Broward County[/h] By Florida Department of Health, Office of Communications
July 21, 2016
[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] Press Release[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]
http://www.floridahealth.gov/index.html
July 21, 2016
[h=2]Department of Health[/h] [h=3]Investigating Possible Non-Travel Related Case Of Zika In Broward County[/h] Contact:
Communications Office
NewsMedia@flhealth.gov
(850) 245-4111
Tallahassee, Fla. ? Today the Florida Department of Health announced that it is conducting an epidemiological investigation into a possible non-travel related case of Zika virus in Broward County. The investigation into the possible case in Miami-Dade County is ongoing.
The department is collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and will share additional details as they become available. Zika prevention kits and repellant will be available at DOH-Broward and distributed in the area under investigation. The department is also coordinating with local OBGYNs for distribution of the kits. Zika kits are intended for pregnant women. The department continues to work closely with mosquito control to ensure trapping, reduction and prevention activities are conducted in the area of investigation.
At the direction of Governor Rick Scott, State Surgeon General Dr. Celeste Philip has requested that CDC provide assistance in our investigation and response efforts by sending a medical epidemiologist to Florida to help our continued investigation into possible non-travel related Zika infection.
Residents and visitors are urged to participate in requests for blood and urine samples by the department in the areas of investigation. These results will help the department determine the number of people affected.
Residents and visitors are reminded that the best way to protect themselves is to prevent mosquito bites through practicing good drain and cover methods:
DRAIN standing water to stop mosquitoes from multiplying
  • Drain water from garbage cans, house gutters, buckets, pool covers, coolers, toys, flower pots or any other containers where sprinkler or rain water has collected.
  • Discard old tires, drums, bottles, cans, pots and pans, broken appliances and other items that aren't being used.
  • Empty and clean birdbaths and pet's water bowls at least once or twice a week.
  • Protect boats and vehicles from rain with tarps that don?t accumulate water.
COVER skin with clothing or repellent
  • Maintain swimming pools in good condition and appropriately chlorinated. Empty plastic swimming pools when not in use.
  • CLOTHING - Wear shoes, socks, long pants and long-sleeves. This type of protection may be necessary for people who must work in areas where mosquitoes are present.
COVER doors and windows with screens to keep mosquitoes out of your house
  • REPELLENT - Apply mosquito repellent to bare skin and clothing.
    • Always use repellents according to the label. Repellents with DEET, picaridin, oil of lemon eucalyptus, and IR3535 are effective.
    • EPA-approved repellent is safe for pregnant women to use.
    • Use mosquito netting to protect children younger than 2 months old.
The department continues to issue daily updates each week day at 2 p.m. Updates include a CDC-confirmed Zika case count by county and information to better keep Floridians prepared.
For more information on Zika virus, click here.
About the Florida Department of Health
The department, nationally accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board, works to protect, promote and improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county and community efforts.
Follow us on Twitter at @HealthyFla and on Facebook. For more information about the Florida Department of Health please visit www.FloridaHealth.gov.
  • Repair broken screening on windows, doors, porches and patios.

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[/FONT]​
 
[FONT=&quot] [h=1]Department of Health Daily Zika Update: 19 New Travel-Related Cases[/h] By Florida Department of Health, Office of Communications
July 22, 2016
[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] Press Release[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]
DOH_logo.png

July 22, 2016
[h=2]DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DAILY ZIKA UPDATE: 19 NEW TRAVEL-RELATED CASES[/h] [h=3][/h] Contact:
Communications Office
NewsMedia@flhealth.gov
(850) 245-4111
Tallahassee, Fla.?In an effort to keep Florida residents and visitors safe and aware about the status of the Zika virus, the Florida Department of Health will issue a Zika virus update each week day at 2 p.m. Updates will include a CDC-confirmed Zika case count by county and information to better keep Floridians prepared.
There are 19 new travel-related cases of Zika with three in Orange, two in Hillsborough, two in Osceola, two in Seminole, two in Volusia, one in Broward, one in Miami-Dade, one in Okeechobee, one in Palm Beach, one in Pasco, one in Polk, one in St. Johns and one involving a pregnant women. The Declaration of Public Health Emergency has been amended to include Okeechobee County. According to CDC, symptoms associated with the Zika virus last between seven to 10 days.
The department?s investigations into the possible non-travel related Zika virus cases in Miami-Dade and Broward counties are ongoing and the department will share more details as they become available. To date, approximately 200 people have been interviewed and tested as part of the department?s investigations and we await additional lab results.
Dr. Marc Fischer, medical epidemiologist with CDC arrived in Florida today to assist in our investigation with mapping and testing methodology. The department is conducting door-to-door outreach with mosquito control in the areas surrounding the residences, work places and frequently visited locations of both suspect cases.
Residents and visitors are urged to participate in requests for blood and urine samples by the department in the areas of investigation. These results will help the department determine the number of people affected.
Zika prevention kits and repellent are being distributed in the areas of investigation, through local OBGYN offices and at both DOH-Broward and DOH-Miami-Dade.
CDC recommends that women who are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant postpone travel to Zika affected areas. According to CDC guidance, providers should consider testing all pregnant women with a history of travel to a Zika affected area for the virus. CDC recommends that a pregnant woman with a history of Zika virus and her provider should consider additional ultrasounds.
Florida has been monitoring pregnant women with evidence of Zika regardless of symptoms since January. The total number of pregnant women who have been monitored is 47, with 15 having met the previous CDC case definition.
The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and CDC released a new case definition for Zika that now includes reporting both asymptomatic and symptomatic cases of Zika. Prior to this change, states reported only symptomatic non-pregnant cases and pregnant cases regardless of symptoms. This change comes as a result of increased availability for testing in commercial laboratories.
[TABLE="align: left, border: 1, cellpadding: 0, cellspacing: 0"]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] County
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] Number of Cases (all travel related)
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Alachua
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 5
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Brevard
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Broward
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 51
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Charlotte
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Citrus
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 2
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Clay
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 3
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Collier
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 4
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Duval
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Escambia
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Highlands
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Hillsborough
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 9
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Lake
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Lee
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Manatee
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Martin
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Miami-Dade
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 93
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Okaloosa
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Okeechobee
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Orange
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 36
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Osceola
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 17
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Palm Beach
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 15
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Pasco
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Pinellas
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 7
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Polk
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 11
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Santa Rosa
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Seminole
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 11
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] St. Johns
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 3
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] St. Lucie
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Volusia
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 5
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Total cases not involving pregnant women
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 306
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[TABLE="border: 1, cellpadding: 0, cellspacing: 0"]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Cases involving pregnant women regardless of symptoms*
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 47
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
*Counties of pregnant women will not be shared.
On Feb. 12, Governor Scott directed the State Surgeon General to activate a Zika Virus Information Hotline for current Florida residents and visitors, as well as anyone planning on traveling to Florida in the near future. The hotline, managed by the Department of Health, has assisted 2,347 callers since it launched. The number for the Zika Virus Information Hotline is 1-855-622-6735.
All cases are travel-associated. There have been no locally-acquired cases of Zika in Florida. For more information on the Zika virus, click here.
...
http://www.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2016/07/072216-zika-update.html
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​Zika virus: What's next for South Florida?

Zika virus: What's next for South Florida?

Diane C. Lade Diane C. LadeContact Reporter
Sun Sentinel

Is homegrown Zika here? Health officials testing hundreds of S. Florida people, mosquitoes for answer.

That's what local residents want to know as state and federal health officials continued last week to investigate two Zika virus cases ? one each in Broward and Miami-Dade counties ? that possibly are not related to travel.
...
"Right now, they probably are testing mosquitoes from places where these [patients] work, play and live. They are testing all their close human close contacts. They probably don't have all the results back yet, which is why they are hesitating to say anything," said Marty...

State health officials, assisted by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said they have interviewed and tested about 200 people as they try to determine whether the two South Florida cases are the first in the continental United States to be transmitted by local mosquitoes.

They are continuing to trap and test mosquitoes ? although so far, Zika has been found in none of the insect samples...

State health officials said a CDC medical epidemiologist arrived Friday...

So, what's next? A CDC response plan suggests that health officials should wait until there are two or more unexplained cases within a 1-mile area among people not living together before declaring that local transmission has occurred in the continental United States...
...
Marty, like other scientists, anticipates investigators will turn up local transmission. That means South Floridians will need to get serious fast about draining standing water on their properties and wearing insect repellent.
...

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/health/...cal-investigation-process-20160722-story.html
 
[FONT=&quot] [h=1]Department of Health Daily Zika Update: Five New Travel-Related Cases[/h] By Florida Department of Health, Office of Communications
July 25, 2016
[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] Press Release[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]
DOH_logo.png

July 25, 2016
[h=2]DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DAILY ZIKA UPDATE: FIVE NEW TRAVEL-RELATED CASES[/h] [h=3][/h] Contact:
Communications Office
NewsMedia@flhealth.gov
(850) 245-4111
Tallahassee, Fla.?In an effort to keep Florida residents and visitors safe and aware about the status of the Zika virus, the Florida Department of Health will issue a Zika virus update each week day at 2 p.m. Updates will include a CDC-confirmed Zika case count by county and information to better keep Floridians prepared.
There are five new travel-related cases with two in Miami-Dade, one in Okaloosa, one in Orange and one involving a pregnant women. According to CDC, symptoms associated with the Zika virus last between seven to 10 days.
The department?s investigations into the possible non-travel related Zika virus cases in Miami-Dade and Broward counties are ongoing and the department will share more details as they become available.
This weekend, the department worked with Dr. Marc Fischer, medical epidemiologist with CDC to develop the survey model for the expanding investigation. Today, review of the methodology and appropriate training is occurring at both DOH-Broward and DOH-Miami-Dade.
Residents and visitors are urged to participate in requests for urine samples by the department in the areas of investigation. These results will help the department determine the number of people affected.
Zika prevention kits and repellent are being distributed in the areas of investigation, through local OBGYN offices and at both DOH-Broward and DOH-Miami-Dade.
CDC recommends that women who are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant postpone travel to Zika affected areas. According to CDC guidance, providers should consider testing all pregnant women with a history of travel to a Zika affected area for the virus. CDC recommends that a pregnant woman with a history of Zika virus and her provider should consider additional ultrasounds.
Florida has been monitoring pregnant women with evidence of Zika regardless of symptoms since January. The total number of pregnant women who have been monitored is 47, with 15 having met the previous CDC case definition.
The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and CDC released a new case definition for Zika that now includes reporting both asymptomatic and symptomatic cases of Zika. Prior to this change, states reported only symptomatic non-pregnant cases and pregnant cases regardless of symptoms. This change comes as a result of increased availability for testing in commercial laboratories.
[TABLE="align: left, border: 1, cellpadding: 0, cellspacing: 0"]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] County
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] Number of Cases (all travel related)
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Alachua
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 5
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Brevard
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Broward
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 51
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Charlotte
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Citrus
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 2
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Clay
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 3
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Collier
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 4
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Duval
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Escambia
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Highlands
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Hillsborough
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 9
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Lake
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Lee
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Manatee
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Martin
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Miami-Dade
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 95
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Okaloosa
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 2
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Okeechobee
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Orange
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 37
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Osceola
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 17
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Palm Beach
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 15
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Pasco
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Pinellas
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 7
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Polk
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 11
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Santa Rosa
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Seminole
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 11
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] St. Johns
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 3
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] St. Lucie
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Volusia
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 5
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Total cases not involving pregnant women
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 310
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[TABLE="border: 1, cellpadding: 0, cellspacing: 0"]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Cases involving pregnant women regardless of symptoms*
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 48
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
*Counties of pregnant women will not be shared.
On Feb. 12, Governor Scott directed the State Surgeon General to activate a Zika Virus Information Hotline for current Florida residents and visitors, as well as anyone planning on traveling to Florida in the near future. The hotline, managed by the Department of Health, has assisted 2,364 callers since it launched. The number for the Zika Virus Information Hotline is 1-855-622-6735.
All cases are travel-associated. There have been no locally-acquired cases of Zika in Florida. For more information on the Zika virus, click here.
The department urges Floridians to drain standing water weekly, no matter how seemingly small. A couple drops of water in a bottle cap can be a breeding location for mosquitoes. Residents and visitors also need to use repellents when enjoying the Florida outdoors.
...
http://www.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2016/07/072516-zika-update.html
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Officials: 2 South Florida Zika cases are not travel related

Officials: 2 South Florida Zika cases are not travel related

WPTV Webteam

9:47 PM, Jul 26, 2016
5:50 AM, Jul 27, 2016

State health leaders confirm there are two cases of Zika virus in south Florida that are not related to travel. The cases are in Miami-Dade and Broward counties.

They could be the country's first cases that were transmitted by local mosquitoes.

Sexual transmission of the virus could still be a possibility.

State Surgeon General Celeste Philip said, "The individuals do not have travel history themselves, that's the only mode that we feel pretty certain has been ruled out."
...
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/health/officials-2-south-florida-zika-cases-are-not-travel-related
 
[FONT=&quot] [h=1]Department of Health Daily Zika Update: 17 New Travel-Related Cases[/h] By Florida Department of Health, Office of Communications
July 27, 2016
[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] Press Release[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]
DOH_logo.png

July 27, 2016
[h=2]DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DAILY ZIKA UPDATE: 17 NEW TRAVEL-RELATED CASES[/h] [h=3][/h] Contact:
Communications Office
NewsMedia@flhealth.gov
(850) 245-4111
Tallahassee, Fla.?In an effort to keep Florida residents and visitors safe and aware about the status of the Zika virus, the Florida Department of Health will issue a Zika virus update each week day at 2 p.m. Updates will include a CDC-confirmed Zika case count by county and information to better keep Floridians prepared.
There are 17 new travel-related cases today with three in Palm Beach, two in Brevard, two in Broward, two in Orange, one in Escambia, one in Osceola, one in Polk, one in Seminole and four involving a pregnant women.According to CDC, symptoms associated with the Zika virus last between seven to 10 days.
The department is expanding its ongoing investigations with two additional possible non-travel related Zika virus cases in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. This pattern is consistent with other mosquito-borne virus investigations, such as the 2013 dengue response.
The investigations into the new cases will begin today and door-to-door outreach and sample collection are ongoing in all cases. The department will share more details as they become available. Residents and visitors are urged to participate in requests for urine samples by the department in the areas of investigation. These results will help the department determine the number of people affected.
Zika prevention kits and repellent are being distributed in the areas of investigation, through local OBGYN offices and at both DOH-Broward and DOH-Miami-Dade.
Residents and visitors with questions regarding Zika are reminded to call the Zika Virus Information Hotline at 1-855-622-6735.
CDC recommends that women who are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant postpone travel to Zika affected areas. According to CDC guidance, providers should consider testing all pregnant women with a history of travel to a Zika affected area for the virus. CDC recommends that a pregnant woman with a history of Zika virus and her provider should consider additional ultrasounds.
Florida has been monitoring pregnant women with evidence of Zika regardless of symptoms since January. The total number of pregnant women who have been monitored is 53, with 17 having met the previous CDC case definition.
The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and CDC released a new case definition for Zika that now includes reporting both asymptomatic and symptomatic cases of Zika. Prior to this change, states reported only symptomatic non-pregnant cases and pregnant cases regardless of symptoms. This change comes as a result of increased availability for testing in commercial laboratories.
[TABLE="align: left, border: 1, cellpadding: 0, cellspacing: 0"]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] County
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] Number of Cases (all travel related)
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Alachua
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 5
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Brevard
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Broward
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 55
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Charlotte
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Citrus
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 2
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Clay
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 3
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Collier
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 4
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Duval
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Escambia
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 2
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Highlands
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Hillsborough
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 10
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Lake
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Lee
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Manatee
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Martin
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Miami-Dade
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 96
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Okaloosa
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 2
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Okeechobee
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Orange
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 40
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Osceola
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 18
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Palm Beach
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 18
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Pasco
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Pinellas
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 7
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Polk
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 12
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Santa Rosa
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Seminole
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 12
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] St. Johns
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 3
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] St. Lucie
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Volusia
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 5
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Total cases not involving pregnant women
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 328
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[TABLE="border: 1, cellpadding: 0, cellspacing: 0"]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Cases involving pregnant women regardless of symptoms*
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 53
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
*Counties of pregnant women will not be shared.
On Feb. 12, Governor Scott directed the State Surgeon General to activate a Zika Virus Information Hotline for current Florida residents and visitors, as well as anyone planning on traveling to Florida in the near future. The hotline, managed by the Department of Health, has assisted 2,409 callers since it launched. The number for the Zika Virus Information Hotline is 1-855-622-6735.
All cases are travel-associated. There have been no locally-acquired cases of Zika in Florida. For more information on the Zika virus, click here.
...
http://www.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2016/07/072716-zika-update.html
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Florida identifies two more Zika cases not related to travel in Miami-Dade County and Broward County - Total 4 - Health officials confirm local Zika transmission

World | Wed Jul 27, 2016 5:07pm EDT Related: U.S., HEALTH

Florida identifies two more Zika cases not related to travel

CHICAGO | BY JULIE STEENHUYSEN

The Florida health department said on Wednesday it is investigating another two cases of Zika not related to travel to a place where the virus is being transmitted, raising the possibility of local Zika transmission in the continental United States.

The health department said it has identified an additional case of Zika in Miami-Dade County, where it was already investigating a possible case of Zika not related to travel, and another case in Broward County, where it has been investigating a non-travel related case.

"This pattern is consistent with other mosquito-borne virus investigations, such as the 2013 dengue response," health officials said in a statement.
...
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-zika-florida-idUSKCN1072MK

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Department of Health Daily Zika Update: 17 New Travel-Related Cases

By Florida Department of Health, Office of Communications July 27, 2016
...
The department is expanding its ongoing investigations with two additional possible non-travel related Zika virus cases in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. This pattern is consistent with other mosquito-borne virus investigations, such as the 2013 dengue response.

The investigations into the new cases will begin today and door-to-door outreach and sample collection are ongoing in all cases. The department will share more details as they become available. Residents and visitors are urged to participate in requests for urine samples by the department in the areas of investigation. These results will help the department determine the number of people affected.

Zika prevention kits and repellent are being distributed in the areas of investigation, through local OBGYN offices and at both DOH-Broward and DOH-Miami-Dade.

Residents and visitors with questions regarding Zika are reminded to call the Zika Virus Information Hotline at 1-855-622-6735.
...
http://www.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2016/07/072716-zika-update.html
 
Florida - Zika: FDA is requesting that all blood establishments in Miami-Dade County and Broward County cease collecting blood immediately (July 27, 2016)

[h=1]Advice to Blood Collection Establishments on Non-Travel Related Cases of Zika Virus in Florida[/h] [FONT=&quot]July 27, 2016[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The Office of the ‎Florida Department of Health State Surgeon General has announced that it is conducting an epidemiological investigation into a number of non-travel related cases of Zika virus in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties. These may be the first cases of local Zika virus transmission by mosquitoes in the continental United States. Miami-Dade County and Broward County are adjacent counties in South Florida.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]In consideration of the possibility of an emerging local outbreak of Zika virus, and as a prudent measure to help assure the safety of blood and blood products, FDA is requesting that all blood establishments in Miami-Dade County and Broward County cease collecting blood immediately until the blood establishments implement testing of each individual unit of blood collected in the two counties with an available investigational donor screening test for Zika virus RNA or until the blood establishments implement the use of an approved or investigational pathogen inactivation technology.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Additionally, FDA recommends that adjacent and nearby counties implement the precautions above to help maintain the safety of the blood supply as soon as possible.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]For blood collection establishments outside of this region, FDA suggests that donors who have traveled to Miami-Dade and Broward Counties during the previous 4 weeks be deferred.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]FDA will continue to monitor this potential outbreak in cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Florida State public health authorities and provide updates as additional information becomes available.

http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/SafetyAvailability/ucm513583.htm[/FONT]
 
Florida officials investigating 4 possible non-travel-related Zika cases

By Debra Goldschmidt, CNN
Updated 5:42 AM ET, Thu July 28, 2016
...
If any of these four cases is determined to be an infection transmitted by local mosquitoes, it would signify the first local mosquito transmission of Zika in the continental United States.
...
"Evidence is mounting to suggest local transmission via mosquitos is going on in South Florida," Tom Skinner, senior press officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, wrote in an email. "These cases fit similar transmission patterns (of) mosquito borne diseases like chikungunya that we've seen in South Florida in years past."
...
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/27/health/florida-zika-cases/
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Florida investigates two more Zika cases in people who haven't traveled

Liz Szabo, USA TODAY 11:49 a.m. EDT July 28, 2016
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Even without official confirmation of local Zika spread, "we're treating it as if it's real," said Karen Harris, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Gainesville, Fla. and spokeswoman for the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. "That's the safest thing we can do for our patients."

Harris and her colleagues have posted posted information about Zika in every exam room at their office. They're also advising pregnant women to use condoms for the duration of their pregnancies in order to prevent Zika infections.

"We're telling all of our pregnant patients not to leave the house without mosquito repellent," Harris said.
...
Hotez said he wonders why Florida officials are taking so long to confirm whether Zika is spreading locally, given that the first suspected case in a non-traveler was announced a week ago. "The investigation should be very straightforward," he said.

The process would including interviewing the four infected people and asking whether they'd traveled to a Zika-infected area in the past month or had sex with someone who traveled to such a region in the past one or two months, Hotez added. "This is not difficult," he said.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ka-cases-people-who-havent-traveled/87655028/
 
FDA Statement


Statement from Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., Director, FDA?s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research


[FONT=&quot]For Immediate Release


July 28, 2016[/FONT]



[FONT=&quot]Statement




The FDA is tasked with taking important steps to respond to the emerging Zika virus outbreak. One of the agency?s key public health responsibilities is to help ensure the safety of the nation?s blood supply.

Recently, the Office of the Florida Department of Health State Surgeon General announced that it is conducting an epidemiological investigation into a number of non-travel related cases of Zika virus in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties. These may be the first cases of local Zika virus transmission by mosquitoes in the continental United States. Miami-Dade County and Broward Counties are adjacent counties in South Florida.
In consideration of the possibility of local transmission of the Zika virus, and as a prudent measure to help assure the safety of blood and blood products, the FDA is requesting that all blood establishments in Miami-Dade County and Broward County cease collecting blood immediately until the blood establishments implement testing of each individual unit of blood collected in the two counties with an available investigational donor screening test for Zika virus RNA or until the blood establishments implement the use of an approved or investigational pathogen inactivation technology.

Additionally, the FDA recommends that adjacent and nearby counties implement the precautions above to help maintain the safety of the blood supply as soon as possible.

The FDA is also working closely with companies that are making blood screening tests available under an Investigational New Drug (IND) to ensure that these companies are ready to expand testing as needed. Blood collection establishments in the rest of the United States may also choose now or in the future to participate in testing under IND, even in the absence of local mosquito-borne transmission of Zika virus. The FDA continues to support those regions of the United States at risk of local mosquito-borne Zika transmission that have already started screening their blood supply for Zika virus and encourages other areas at high risk to begin doing so.

The FDA will continue to monitor this potential outbreak in cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Florida State public health authorities, and will provide updates as additional information becomes available.

In addition to protecting the nation?s blood supply, the FDA is prioritizing the development of diagnostic tests that may be useful for identifying infection with the virus, helping to facilitate the development and evaluation of investigational vaccines and therapeutics, and reviewing technology that may help suppress populations of the mosquitoes that can spread the virus.

http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsro.../ucm513792.htm[/FONT]
 
[FONT=&quot] [h=1]Department of Health Daily Zika Update: Two New Travel-Related Cases[/h] By Florida Department of Health, Office of Communications
July 28, 2016
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July 28, 2016
[h=2]DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DAILY ZIKA UPDATE: TWO NEW TRAVEL-RELATED CASES TODAY[/h] [h=3][/h] Contact:
Communications Office
NewsMedia@flhealth.gov
(850) 245-4111
Tallahassee, Fla.?In an effort to keep Florida residents and visitors safe and aware about the status of the Zika virus, the Florida Department of Health will issue a Zika virus update each week day at 2 p.m. Updates will include a CDC-confirmed Zika case count by county and information to better keep Floridians prepared.
There are two new travel-related cases of Zika, both involving pregnant women. According to CDC, symptoms associated with the Zika virus last between seven to 10 days.
The department continues its investigations into four possible non-travel related Zika virus cases, with two in Miami-Dade and two Broward counties. Door-to-door outreach and sample collection are ongoing in all cases. The department will share more details as they become available. Residents and visitors are urged to participate in requests for urine samples by the department in the areas of investigation. These results will help the department determine the number of people affected.
Zika prevention kits and repellent are being distributed in the areas of investigation, through local OBGYN offices and at both DOH-Broward and DOH-Miami-Dade.
Residents and visitors with questions regarding Zika are reminded to call the Zika Virus Information Hotline at 1-855-622-6735.
CDC recommends that women who are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant postpone travel to Zika affected areas. According to CDC guidance, providers should consider testing all pregnant women with a history of travel to a Zika affected area for the virus. CDC recommends that a pregnant woman with a history of Zika virus and her provider should consider additional ultrasounds.
Florida has been monitoring pregnant women with evidence of Zika regardless of symptoms since January. The total number of pregnant women who have been monitored is 55, with 18 having met the previous CDC case definition.
The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and CDC released a new case definition for Zika that now includes reporting both asymptomatic and symptomatic cases of Zika. Prior to this change, states reported only symptomatic non-pregnant cases and pregnant cases regardless of symptoms. This change comes as a result of increased availability for testing in commercial laboratories.
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[TD="width: 255"] County
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[TD="width: 173"] Number of Cases (all travel related)
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[TD="width: 255"] Alachua
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[TD="width: 173"] 5
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[TD="width: 255"] Brevard
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 8
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Broward
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 55
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Charlotte
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Citrus
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 2
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Clay
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 3
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Collier
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 4
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Duval
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Escambia
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 2
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Highlands
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Hillsborough
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 10
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Lake
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Lee
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Manatee
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Martin
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Miami-Dade
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 96
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[TD="width: 255"] Okaloosa
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 2
[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Okeechobee
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Orange
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 40
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Osceola
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 18
[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Palm Beach
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 18
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Pasco
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Pinellas
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 7
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Polk
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 12
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Santa Rosa
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Seminole
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 12
[/TD]
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[TD="width: 255"] St. Johns
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 3
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[TD="width: 255"] St. Lucie
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
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[TD="width: 255"] Volusia
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 5
[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="width: 255"] Total cases not involving pregnant women
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 328
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[TD="width: 255"] Cases involving pregnant women regardless of symptoms*
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[TD="width: 173"] 55
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*Counties of pregnant women will not be shared.
On Feb. 12, Governor Scott directed the State Surgeon General to activate a Zika Virus Information Hotline for current Florida residents and visitors, as well as anyone planning on traveling to Florida in the near future. The hotline, managed by the Department of Health, has assisted 2,421 callers since it launched. The number for the Zika Virus Information Hotline is 1-855-622-6735.
All cases are travel-associated. There have been no locally-acquired cases of Zika in Florida. For more information on the Zika virus, click here.
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http://www.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2016/07/072816-zika-update.html
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Scientists Slam CDC For Silence On New Florida Zika Cases
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Originally posted on Jul. 28, 2016, at 2:55 p.m.
Updated on Jul. 28, 2016, at 3:52 p.m.
Dan Vergano
BuzzFeed News Reporter

Florida health officials are now investigating four Zika virus patients who are suspected of catching the disease from local mosquitoes, raising questions about what to tell pregnant women in and around Miami, a city of 5.5 million people.
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Florida authorities announced the first possible case on July 19. Independent scientists are puzzled why it has taken them so long to confirm them. ?Why the hold-up in making an announcement?? infectious disease expert Peter Hotez of the Baylor College of Medicine asked BuzzFeed News.

Hotez says an announcement from CDC is overdue, especially if the agency is waiting to find a mosquito with the virus in Florida, a needle in the haystack endeavor, before making a confirmation...

?This has become a chronic problem in our nation, a general wall of silence and lack of openness in terms of timely public health communication during times of epidemics,? Hotez added, citing the 2001 anthrax attacks, 2009 swine flu outbreak, and 2014 ebola cases, where inadequate public health warnings initially added to public confusion about diseases. ?In my opinion, this has been an issue ever since the office of the US Surgeon General was disempowered more than 20 years ago.?

Asked by BuzzFeed News at a CDC telebriefing, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said ?it is too soon? to extend CDC travel recommendations for pregnant women to south Florida. He cited state health officials? efforts to trap a Zika infected mosquito, and continued investigation into possible sexual transmission of the virus among the suspect case patients.
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https://www.buzzfeed.com/danvergano/zika-in-florida?utm_term=.wcyVxveR6#.iiDP90yav
 
Florida - Department of Health responds to local Zika cases (July 29, 2016)

[FONT=&quot] [h=1]Department of Health Responds to Local Zika Cases[/h] By Florida Department of Health, Office of Communications
July 29, 2016
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July 29, 2016
[h=2]DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RESPONDS TO LOCAL ZIKA CASES[/h] [h=3][/h] Contact:
Communications Office
NewsMedia@flhealth.gov
(850) 245-4111
Tallahassee, Fla.?The Florida Department of Health has gathered enough information as part of its ongoing investigation into non-travel related cases of Zika in Miami-Dade and Broward counties to conclude that a high likelihood exists that four cases are the result of local transmission. At this time, the department believes that active transmission of the Zika virus are occurring in one small area in Miami-Dade County, just north of downtown. The exact location is within the boundaries of the following area: NW 5th Avenue to the west, US 1 to the east, NW/NE 38th Street to the north and NW/NE 20th Street to the south. This area is about 1 square mile and a map is below to detail the area. While no mosquitoes trapped tested positive for the Zika virus, the department believes these cases were likely transmitted through infected mosquitoes in this area.
The department is actively conducting door-to-door outreach and urine sample collection in the impacted area and will share more details as they become available. The results from these efforts will help department determine the number of people affected. These local cases were identified by clinicians who brought them to the attention of the department. In addition, blood banks in the area are currently excluding donations from impacted areas until screening protocols are in place.
In an effort to keep Florida residents and visitors safe and aware about the status of the Zika virus, the department will continue to issue a Zika virus update each week day at 2 p.m. Updates will include a CDC-confirmed Zika case count by county and information to better keep Floridians prepared.
There are three new travel-related cases today in Miami-Dade County. According to CDC, symptoms associated with the Zika virus last between seven to 10 days.
CDC recommends that women who are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant postpone travel to areas with widespread Zika infection. Florida?s small case cluster is not considered widespread transmission.According to CDC guidance, providers should consider testing all pregnant women with a history of travel to a Zika affected area for the virus. CDC recommends that a pregnant woman with a history of Zika virus and her provider should consider additional ultrasounds.
Florida has been monitoring pregnant women with evidence of Zika regardless of symptoms since January. The total number of pregnant women who have been monitored is 55, with 18 having met the previous CDC case definition.
The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and CDC released a new case definition for Zika that now includes reporting both asymptomatic and symptomatic cases of Zika. Prior to this change, states reported only symptomatic non-pregnant cases and pregnant cases regardless of symptoms. This change comes as a result of increased availability for testing in commercial laboratories.
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[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] County
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[TD="width: 173"] Number of Cases (all travel related)
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[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Alachua
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 5
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Brevard
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 8
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Broward
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 55
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Charlotte
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Citrus
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 2
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Clay
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 3
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Collier
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 4
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Duval
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Escambia
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 2
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Highlands
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Hillsborough
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 10
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Lake
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Lee
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Manatee
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Martin
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Miami-Dade
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 99
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Okaloosa
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 2
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Okeechobee
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Orange
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 40
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Osceola
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 18
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Palm Beach
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 18
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Pasco
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 6
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Pinellas
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 7
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Polk
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 12
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Santa Rosa
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Seminole
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 12
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] St. Johns
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 3
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] St. Lucie
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 1
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Volusia
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 5
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Total cases not involving pregnant women
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 331
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[TABLE="border: 1, cellpadding: 0, cellspacing: 0"]
[TR]
[TD="width: 255"] Cases involving pregnant women regardless of symptoms*
[/TD]
[TD="width: 173"] 55
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
*Counties of pregnant women will not be shared.
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http://www.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2016/07/072916-local-zika.html
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