The warning, which mostly focuses on pregnant women, was posted to Travel Health Pro, a website run by the UK government’s National Travel Health Network & Center.
From Travel Health Pro:
The risk in Florida is considered moderate based on the number and spread of cases and their demonstrated ability to implement effective control measures for similar diseases such as dengue – a virus transmitted by the same mosquito. Pregnant women should consider postponing non-essential travel to affected areas until after the pregnancy. At present, only a zone of about 1 square mile in Miami-Dade County is considered at risk of active transmission.
The notice comes after Florida officials confirmed four non-travel-related local cases of Zika. The cases were most likely transmitted by a mosquito bite in an area north of downtown Miami.
The official warning also tells tourists to refrain from unprotected sex due to a number of Zika cases that were transferred sexually.
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