ALERT: Florida- No Mosquitoes Have Tested Positive for Zika This Year (April 28, 2017)

Friday, April 28, 2017

Alert – Florida: No Mosquitoes Have Tested Positive for Zika This Year

All,

There is some good news to share. Florida Health Department officials say that so far this spring, no mosquitoes of the nearly 90,000 that have been tested to date this year, have tested positive for the Zika virus there.

According to the Associated Press:

Florida agriculture officials say no mosquitoes in the state have tested positive for the Zika virus so far this year.

A statement from the state’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services says nearly 90,000 individual mosquitoes have been tested for the virus linked to severe birth defects. None of the mosquitoes from more than 6,500 samples have tested positive for the presence of Zika so far.

Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam has said as summer begins, it’s important that Florida communities have the resources they need for Zika response efforts.

A Zika outbreak in Miami’s Wynwood arts district last year was the first on the U.S. mainland. It lingered for more than a month but was limited to a small geographic area, much like previous outbreaks of mosquito-borne viruses in Florida.

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