Virginia

As of Thursday, March 31, VDH has reported 9 cases of Zika virus disease in Virginia residents to the CDC (2 in Northwest Region, 3 in Northern Region, 1 in Eastern Region, 1 in Central Region and 2 in Southwest Region). http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/

Zika Virus UpdateAs of Thursday, March 17, VDH has reported 7 cases of Zika virus disease in Virginia residents to the CDC (2 in Northwest Region, 2 in Northern Region, 1 in Eastern Region, 1 in Central Region and 1 in Southwest Region). http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/

As of Thursday, March 10, VDH has reported 6 cases of Zika virus disease in Virginia residents to the CDC (2 in Northwest Region, 1 in Northern Region, 1 in Eastern Region, 1 in Central Region and 1 in Southwest Region). http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/

As of Thursday, March 3, VDH has reported 5 cases of Zika virus disease in adult residents of Virginia to the CDC (2 in Northwest Region, 1 in Northern Region, 1 in Eastern Region and 1 in Central Region). CDC has issued a travel alert (Level 2-Practice Enhanced Precautions) for people traveling to regions and certain countries where Zika virus transmission is ongoing. http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/

At the beginning of this month, the CDC verified that a resident of Harrisonburg had contracted the Zika virus while on a trip to Guatemala. Dr. Stephen Rodgers, the medical director at the JMU University Health Center, said that although there’s only one case of confirmed Zika in Harrisonburg http://www.breezejmu.org/news/zika-virus-makes-its-way-into-harrisonburg/article_65627e22-db70-11e5-bcca-eba440931d5a.html