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New Zika Outbreak Hits Popular Tourist Destination Of Miami Beach Facebook Twitter Google+ Email August 19, 20161:38 PM ET ROB STEIN TwitterFacebook "We believe we have a new area where local transmissions are occurring in Miami Beach," Florida Gov. Rick Scott said Friday about the Zika situation in the state. Alan Diaz/AP Mosquitoes have begun spreading the Zika virus in a second part of Miami — the popular tourist destination of Miami Beach — Florida officials announced Friday. As a result, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expanded its advice to travelers, advising pregnant women to avoid the parts of Miami Beach where the virus is spreading. In addition, women and men who have traveled to the area should wait at least eight weeks to try to get pregnant even if they didn't catch Zika during their visit. The agency also went a step further, advising pregnant women and their sexual partners "who are concerned about potential Zika virus exposure" that they "may also consider postponing nonessential travel to all parts of Miami-Dade county." That decision to issue a warning about the entire city was prompted by the agency's concern that there may be other outbreaks in other parts of Miami-Dade that haven't been identified yet, CDC Director Thomas Frieden told reporters during a briefing. "What we are doing is stepping back and saying, 'There have now been multiple instances of local transmission,' " Frieden said. "We will always err on providing more information to the public." Five Zika cases have been linked to the new outbreak in Miami Beach, involving three men and two women from Miami, New York, Texas and Taiwan, officials said. That brings the total number of Zika cases that have been spread by mosquitoes in Florida to 36. "We believe we have a new area where local transmissions are occurring in Miami Beach," Gov. Rick Scott told reporters at a news conference. Officials believe the virus is only spreading in a 1 1/2 mile part of Miami Beach, but that area includes the much-visited South Beach area, Scott said. The tourism industry in Florida is particularly concerned with the spread of Zika and the impact it may have on businesses. On Thursday, Scott announced measures designed to limit Zika, including offering mosquito spraying free of charge to businesses in Miami-Dade County. "Tourism is a driving force of Florida's economy and this industry has the full support of our state in the fight against the Zika virus," Scott said in a statement. The new outbreak comes as officials believe they are bringing the first outbreak in the trendy Wynwood neighborhood under control. Officials announced Friday they had cleared three new blocks of Wynwood because there is "no continued evidence of transmission" there. Fourteen blocks had been cleared earlier. But Frieden noted that officials expect it will be harder to contain the outbreak in Miami beach for several reasons. The area's high-rise buildings mean the aerial spraying that has been working in Wynwood won't work in Miami Beach. In addition, it will be more difficult to convince people to wear long sleeves and pants in a part of the city where people go to spend time on the beach, he said. The Wynwood outbreak prompted the CDC to take the unprecedented step of advising pregnant women to stay away from the area. It was the first time the CDC had ever advised people to avoid any part of the continental United States because of an infectious disease. In response to the Miami Beach outbreak, Scott said he had requested an additional 5,000 Zika tests, additional lab personnel to expedite testing and 10,000 more Zika prevention kits for pregnant women. Separately, Puerto Rico is reporting a surge in Zika cases. The island's health department said Friday that 2,496 more cases had been confirmed in Puerto Rico over the last week. That marks the highest weekly tally since the virus was first detected on the island in December. The health department also announced the first death in Puerto Rico from Guillain-Barre syndrome linked to Zika. The latest cases bring the total number of laboratory confirmed Zika cases in Puerto Rico to 13,186. Of those, 1,106 are pregnant women. Jason Beaubien contributed to this report. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/08/19/490633779/new-zika-outbreak-hits-popular-tourist-destination-of-miami-beach

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CDC Issues Travel Warning After 5 Infected in New Florida Zika Transmission By GILLIAN MOHNEY Aug 19, 2016, 3:20 PM ET Gaston De Cardenas/Miami Hearld/TNS via Getty Images WATCH Zika Fears: CDC Warns Pregnant Women Not to Travel to Miami SHARE Email A new cluster of five Zika infections around Miami Beach has led the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue a warning for pregnant women to avoid the area of transmission. In addition to the travel advisory that warns pregnant women to stay away from the part of Miami Beach where Zika transmission is ongoing, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised pregnant women and their partners to consider avoiding nonessential travel to all of Miami-Dade County if they are concerned about the virus. CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden told reporters today they wanted to err on the side of caution. “We'll always err on the side of providing more information to the public," Frieden told reporters. "That's why we've highlighted we are quite concerned about these two areas where we know there has been a spread of Zika through local mosquitoes." Miami Beach has certain characteristics that may make it more difficult for public health officials to fight the virus' spread, Frieden said today. He said aerial spraying cannot be conducted because of Miami Beach's high-rise buildings. In addition, the area's large crowds mean more people are likely to be exposed, and few in the tourist-heavy beach community are likely to follow recommendations to wear long sleeves and pants, Frieden said. “The inability to use aerial spraying means we’ll be reduced to ground-based technology," he said. Florida Governor Rick Scott announced the new site of Zika transmission this morning. "We believe we have a new area where local transmission is occurring in Miami Beach," the governor said. Scott announced that state officials have identified the infections, which they believe have been transmitted by local mosquitoes, in Miami Beach. The five people infected -- three men and two women -- include two Florida residents and three visitors from Texas, New York and Taiwan, respectively. In total, 36 people have been infected with Zika virus in the first local outbreak in the continental U.S. Scott said the new area is under 1.5 square miles in size and that mosquito control officials were spraying in an effort to reduce the population of the Aedes aegypti mosquito that spreads the Zika virus. Previously, health officials believed local Zika virus transmission was limited to the Wynwood neighborhood in north Miami. That area, which is less than a square mile, has been subject to intense mosquito control and public health efforts to reduce infections. Scott and Florida Surgeon General Dr. Celeste Philip explained to reporters today why they had not announced the second transmission site yesterday, following multiple media reports of a second outbreak location. “I want to assure everyone that if we I.D. additional areas of local transmission we will tell the local public immediately,” Philip told reporters today. Philip said there were a number of investigations in progress, but that there have been no other suspected areas of local transmission, aside from the two identified areas. She said the investigation into the new cases concluded this morning. Scott called for assistance from the federal government, including guidance for working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and asked the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention for additional lab support and 5,000 more tests for the Zika virus. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/cdc-issues-travel-warning-infected-florida-zika-transmission/story?id=41514576

Officials: Zika won't hurt South Florida tourism in long run By ASSOCIATED PRESS PUBLISHED: 01:29 EST, 20 August 2016 | UPDATED: 01:29 EST, 20 August 2016 MIAMI (AP) — The discovery of Zika-carrying mosquitoes in South Florida certainly isn't ideal for tourism, but local officials and business leaders are confident the long-term impact on the tourism industry will be minor. Transmission of the virus via mosquito has been confirmed in two sites in Miami-Dade County, but Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine said in a news conference Friday he is confident in the city's efforts to combat it. City workers are trying to get rid of standing water and foliage that might attract the insects, while the county begins a fumigation program to kill the bugs. "Between our efforts and the county's spraying efforts, the last thing I'd ever want to be on Miami Beach is a mosquito," Levine said. +4 A City of Miami Beach Sanitation worker gets ready to clean the alleyways of South Beach, sucking up still waters and debris with a mobile vacuum, Friday, Aug. 19, 2016, Miami Beach, Fla., as part of the city's Zika clean-up. (C.M. Guerrero/El Nuevo Herald via AP) Organizers for Art Basel Miami Beach and other upcoming events cautiously expressed confidence in the region's mosquito control efforts. Officials at the Americas Food and Beverage Show will add mosquito repellent to goody bags at the late September event at the Miami Beach Convention Center. "We're taking extra precautions," said Yendi Alvarez, the show's media coordinator. "This wasn't even a thought last year. We put this in place once the news started getting crazy." Gov. Rick Scott has directed Florida's health department to offer mosquito spraying and related services at no cost to Miami-Dade County's hotels, restaurants and tourist attractions. More than 15.5 million people made overnight visits to Miami and nearby beaches in 2015, with an impact of $24.4 billion, according to figures from the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau. Three vacuum trucks purchased to help Miami Beach fight rising sea levels have been used since the beginning of the year to drain water in low-lying areas where mosquitoes could breed, said Roy Coley, the city's infrastructure director. The city also has been sending workers to fill potholes collecting water in alleys and fix leaky beach showers, in addition to applying pesticides to the area's many construction sites and flood-prone residential streets, Coley said. Five cases of Zika have been connected to mosquitoes in Miami Beach, bringing the state's caseload to 36 infections not related to travel outside the U.S., Florida's governor and health department announced Friday. South Beach has been identified as a second site of Zika transmission by mosquitoes on the U.S. mainland. Containment there will be difficult because high-rise buildings and strong winds make it impractical to spray the neighborhood from the air, officials said Friday. The discovery prompted the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to announce that it was expanding its travel warning for pregnant women to include the area known for nightclubs, pedestrian thoroughfares and beaches. In pregnant women, a Zika infection can cause severe birth defects, including microcephaly. The CDC previously warned pregnant women to avoid the Wynwood arts district in Miami. In its statement Friday, the agency said pregnant women may also want to consider postponing nonessential travel throughout Miami-Dade County if they're concerned about potential exposure to the virus. Aerial spraying and door-to-door operations on the ground have cut mosquito populations in Wynwood by up to 90 percent, but Zika may be continuing as mosquitoes breed, said CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden. "The mosquitoes are persistent and we won't know for a couple of weeks whether these aggressive measures have worked," Frieden said. ___ Associated Press writers Tamara Lush in Tampa, Florida, and Scott Mayerowitz in New York contributed to this report. +4 Melvin Gaitan, from the Miami Beach Sanitation Dept., washes down alley ways Friday, Aug. 19, 2016, Miami Beach, Fla., with a high pressure water machine that is set to 250 degrees Fahrenheit, which kills any bacteria or mosquito larvae that could be growing in still waters. (C.M. Guerrero/El Nuevo Herald via AP) +4 FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2016 file photo, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, foreground, speaks during a news conference along with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Tom Frieden, left, Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-FL, and Fla. Surgeon General and Secretary, Dr. Celeste Philip, far right, in Doral, Fla. South Beach has been identified as second site of Zika transmission by mosquitoes on the U.S. mainland, Florida officials said Friday, Aug. 19. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) +4 Miami Beach Sanitation workers clean up any sort trash that could hold water which allows mosquito larvae to grow, as another workers sucks up debris with mobile vacuum mobile in the alleyways of South Beach, Friday, Aug. 19, 2016, Miami Beach, Fla. (C.M. 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CDC: Pregnant women should avoid part of Miami Beach affected by Zika Liz Szabo and Liz Freeman, USA TODAY NETWORK1:48 p.m. EDT August 19, 2016 (Photo: CRISTOBAL HERRERA, EPA) 526CONNECTTWEET 1LINKEDIN 1COMMENTEMAILMORE Pregnant women should now avoid the section of Miami Beach where Zika is spreading, in addition to a smaller area north of downtown Miami, theCenters for Disease Control and Preventionannounced Friday. Florida health officials, who have been grappling with a Zika outbreak in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood, confirmed Friday that five people also have been infected in Miami Beach, which is across Biscayne Bay from the rest of the city. That brings the total number of infections spread by local mosquitoes to 36, Gov. Rick Scott announced Friday. The Zika patients were infected within a 1.5 square mile area of Miami Beach, said Scott, whose state is the first to experience a Zika outbreak from native mosquitoes. The bulk of the USA's more than 2,200 Zika cases are related to travel. Mosquitoes could be spreading in other areas in Miami-Dade County that haven't yet been recognized, according to the CDC. Scott, who has requested additional help from the CDC to deal with the outbreak, said officials are taking aggressive mosquito-control measures. The affected area of Miami Beach stretches from the beach to the Intracoastal Waterway, from 8th Street to 28th Street, Scott said. This neighborhood is several miles away and on the other side of Biscayne Bay from Wynwood, the first Miami neighborhood to experience a Zika outbreak. The CDC took the unprecedented step earlier this month to warn pregnant women to avoid Wynwood, located north of downtown. USA TODAY What you need to know about Zika and pregnancy Pregnant women are at greater risk than others from Zika because the virus can cause devastating birth defects in their fetuses, including serious brain damage. "I ask every Floridian to take proper precautions," Scott said. "We all have to do our part to wear bug spray and dump standing water," where mosquitoes can breed, he said. "If you see standing water, no mater how small, dump it." The new Miami Beach cases include two people from Miami Beach, one from New York, one from Texas and one from Taiwan. Scott said Florida "will do everything we can to help pregnant women all across our state. We have a safe state and we are going to keep it that way." Scott has asked the CDC for an additional 5,000 Zika antibody test kits "to ensure we can quickly test people for the virus and additional lab support personnel to help us expedite Zika testing," he said. He has also asked the Obama Administration for an additional 10,000 Zika prevention kits. Scott said he's waiting for a "detailed plan" on how to work with FEMA. At least 529 pregnant women in the continental U.S. and Hawaii have been infected with Zika, according to the CDC. Seventeen American women have given birth to babies with Zika-related birth defects and six have lost pregnancies due to the disease, according to the CDC. More than 10,000 people have been diagnosed with Zika in Puerto Rico, including more than 1,000 pregnant women, according to the Puerto Rico health department. Liz Szabo reports for USA TODAY. Liz Freeman reports for the Naples (Fla.) Daily News. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/08/19/5-zika-cases-found-miami-beach/88993652/

The new Miami Beach cases include two people from Miami Beach, one from New York, one from Texas and one from Taiwan . http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/08/19/5-zika-cases-found-miami-beach/88993652/

The five cases include a tourist from Taiwan, and another from El Paso County in Texas. The Texas Department of State Health Services reported that case earlier this week.https://www.buzzfeed.com/nidhisubbaraman/zika-spreads-to-miami-beach-as-florida-confirms-five-new-cas?utm_term=.cfO4PEn8m#.unLAdJMLV On

The five cases include a tourist from Taiwan, and another from El Paso County in Texas. The Texas Department of State Health Services reported that case earlier this week.https://www.buzzfeed.com/nidhisubbaraman/zika-spreads-to-miami-beach-as-florida-confirms-five-new-cas?utm_term=.cfO4PEn8m#.unLAdJMLV On

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CDC: Pregnant women should avoid part of Miami Beach affected by Zika Liz Szabo and Liz Freeman, USA TODAY NETWORK1:48 p.m. EDT August 19, 2016 (Photo: CRISTOBAL HERRERA, EPA) 526CONNECTTWEET 1LINKEDIN 1COMMENTEMAILMORE Pregnant women should now avoid the section of Miami Beach where Zika is spreading, in addition to a smaller area north of downtown Miami, theCenters for Disease Control and Preventionannounced Friday. Florida health officials, who have been grappling with a Zika outbreak in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood, confirmed Friday that five people also have been infected in Miami Beach, which is across Biscayne Bay from the rest of the city. That brings the total number of infections spread by local mosquitoes to 36, Gov. Rick Scott announced Friday. The Zika patients were infected within a 1.5 square mile area of Miami Beach, said Scott, whose state is the first to experience a Zika outbreak from native mosquitoes. The bulk of the USA's more than 2,200 Zika cases are related to travel. Mosquitoes could be spreading in other areas in Miami-Dade County that haven't yet been recognized, according to the CDC. Scott, who has requested additional help from the CDC to deal with the outbreak, said officials are taking aggressive mosquito-control measures. The affected area of Miami Beach stretches from the beach to the Intracoastal Waterway, from 8th Street to 28th Street, Scott said. This neighborhood is several miles away and on the other side of Biscayne Bay from Wynwood, the first Miami neighborhood to experience a Zika outbreak. The CDC took the unprecedented step earlier this month to warn pregnant women to avoid Wynwood, located north of downtown. USA TODAY What you need to know about Zika and pregnancy Pregnant women are at greater risk than others from Zika because the virus can cause devastating birth defects in their fetuses, including serious brain damage. "I ask every Floridian to take proper precautions," Scott said. "We all have to do our part to wear bug spray and dump standing water," where mosquitoes can breed, he said. "If you see standing water, no mater how small, dump it." The new Miami Beach cases include two people from Miami Beach, one from New York, one from Texas and one from Taiwan. Scott said Florida "will do everything we can to help pregnant women all across our state. We have a safe state and we are going to keep it that way." Scott has asked the CDC for an additional 5,000 Zika antibody test kits "to ensure we can quickly test people for the virus and additional lab support personnel to help us expedite Zika testing," he said. He has also asked the Obama Administration for an additional 10,000 Zika prevention kits. Scott said he's waiting for a "detailed plan" on how to work with FEMA. At least 529 pregnant women in the continental U.S. and Hawaii have been infected with Zika, according to the CDC. Seventeen American women have given birth to babies with Zika-related birth defects and six have lost pregnancies due to the disease, according to the CDC. More than 10,000 people have been diagnosed with Zika in Puerto Rico, including more than 1,000 pregnant women, according to the Puerto Rico health department. Liz Szabo reports for USA TODAY. Liz Freeman reports for the Naples (Fla.) Daily News. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/08/19/5-zika-cases-found-miami-beach/88993652/

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Zika Spreads To Miami Beach As Florida Confirms Five New Cases Florida’s governor on Friday confirmed that five people have been infected with the Zika virus in one of the state’s main tourist hubs. posted on Aug. 19, 2016, at 1:04 p.m. Nidhi Subbaraman BuzzFeed Science Reporter Tweet Tumblr A Miami-Dade County mosquito control inspector sprays pesticide to kill mosquitos in the Wynwood neighborhood in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle / Getty Images Florida’s busy tourist hub of Miami Beach is the second neighborhood in the state to harbor mosquitoes infected with the Zika virus, officials confirmed Friday. Florida Gov. Rick Scott said five cases have been linked to an area on Miami Beach,confirming previous reports that the virus is being transmitted locally there. “We believe there are two places where we have local transmission,” Scott said. The five cases include a tourist from Taiwan, and another from El Paso County in Texas. The Texas Department of State Health Services reported that case earlier this week. Up until the Thursday, the Florida Department of Health had confined the zone of “active transmission” — in which you could encounter a Zika-infected mosquito — to a square mile of Miami-Dade Country, near a neighborhood known as Wynwood. Florida is the only state in the continental US where Zika-infected mosquitoes are known to be spreading the virus by biting people. As of Thursday, the Department of Health reported 35 such locally-transmitted cases in the state. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advised pregnant women to avoid the Wynwood area. Throughout the state, 479 other people have picked up the virus after travel to countries in the Caribbean or Latin America in which mosquitoes are spreading the infection. Zika has its most devastating effect on pregnant women — arresting brain development in fetuses, who are born with shrunken heads. Most adults who contract the infection show mild symptoms, such as a fever or rash, or none at all. In some rare cases, a neurological disorder called Guillain-Barre have been linked to Zika infection. https://www.buzzfeed.com/nidhisubbaraman/zika-spreads-to-miami-beach-as-florida-confirms-five-new-cas?utm_term=.cfO4PEn8m#.unLAdJMLV

AUGUST 19, 2016 9:55 AM Five Zika cases in Miami Beach, new transmission zone, governor confirms How to stay safe from Zika virus 0:40 FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL SHARE 00:00 00:00 FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL SHARE 1 of 2 What you should and shouldn't do to avoid the Zika virus. Justin Azpiazu [email protected] BY DANIEL CHANG [email protected] LINKEDIN GOOGLE+ PINTEREST REDDIT PRINT ORDER REPRINT OF THIS STORY There are five new local cases of Zika in Miami Beach and a new 1.5-square-mile transmission zone from the beach to the Intracoastal Waterway, Florida Gov. Rick Scott confirmed Friday during a Miami visit to talk about the virus. Interactive feature: Daily Florida Zika virus tracker The new cases involve three tourists and two local residents, Scott said during a news conference. The new zone runs from Eighth Street to 28th Street in Miami Beach, he said. Local officials learned of the local transmission on Thursday morning during calls with Florida Department of Health on Thursday to alert them. But as late as Thursday evening, Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine denied that Zika was in his city, the heart of Miami-Dade's tourism industry. “There is no epidemic, no outbreak of Zika in Miami Beach,” he said, shortly after arriving from a trip to New York late Thursday. The health department said Thursday that the only place in Florida with active spread of the disease is a one-square-mile zone in Wynwood. And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued just one domestic travel advisory on Zika, telling pregnant women to avoid Wynwood. But the discussions on Thursday morning between the county health department and Miami Beach officials, along with an email from City Manager Jimmy Morales, indicate that Zika is spreading in Miami Beach and already may have met CDC guidelines for confirmed transmission of the disease. Zika guide Questions about Zika? We’ve got you drained and covered How do you know if you have Zika and what happens if you aren’t pregnant? 15 ways to protect yourself against Zika Those guidelines define a local outbreak as two or more people infected who do not share a household, with travel and sexual transmission ruled out, and who acquired the disease within one square mile over a period of two weeks or more. The first word to local officials came from the state health department, which alerted them to the local Zika cases on Thursday morning. By noon, Morales had informed Miami Beach commissioners by email that two people had acquired the disease, though he did not identify whether the cases were within a one-mile diameter of each other. “I have been informed that two Zika cases have been linked to Miami Beach, one a tourist who visited the Beach approximately two weeks ago, and another a resident who also works on the Beach,” Morales said in the email sent to commissioners at 11:22 a.m. At 4:45 p.m., Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s office issued a press release announcing that, “Today, the Florida Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed that two additional individuals have acquired the Zika virus locally through mosquitoes in Miami-Dade County.” Scott’s announcement included a series of new measures to help restaurants, hotels and other tourism industry attractions with Zika prevention measures, including distribution of educational materials and spraying their businesses for mosquitoes at the state's expense. At 5 p.m., the Florida health department issued its daily Zika report, announcing that two new local Zika infections had been confirmed in Miami-Dade, both of them outside of Miami's Wynwood area. The report did not give a more specific location for the two cases, and the health department did not respond to questions about Zika spreading in Miami Beach. Florida has confirmed 35 cases of local transmission of Zika. Statewide, a total of 577 people in Florida have contracted the disease, mostly through travel abroad, according to the health department. At least 63 pregnant women in Florida have contracted the disease, which can cause severe birth defects. South Florida’s hospitality industry has dreaded the possibility of Zika spreading to Miami Beach because the region’s economy relies heavily on its $24 billion-a-year tourism industry. More than half of the hotel rooms in Miami-Dade are located in Miami Beach. This story will be updated. Miami Herald Staff Writers Joey Flechas and Amy Driscoll contributed to this report. Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article96631027.html#storylink=cpy http://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article96631027.html

Zika has officially spread to Miami Beach Lydia Ramsey 11m 3,887 1 FACEBOOK LINKEDIN TWITTER An Aedes aegypti mosquito, which is the bug responsible for spreading Zika and other diseases.Thomson Reuters Zika has now spread beyond what was previously the only neighborhood with local transmission in the continental US, Florida Gov. Rick Scottconfirmed Friday. In addition to the Wynwood neighborhood in Miami, a 1.5 square-mile area of Miami Beach is also experiencing mosquito-transmitted Zika. The Miami Herald first reported the news of the local transmission Thursday citing sources familiar with Florida health officials' discussion. "Today, the Florida Department of Health has confirmed a second location in Miami-Dade County where it is believed active Zika transmission is occurring," Scott said in a statement. "This location is a very small area that is less than 1.5 square miles in Miami Beach. While we are adding a second location, [the Department of Health] is also able to continue reducing the zone in Wynwood." Here's the section of Miami Beach that has mosquito-transmitted Zika. Florida Gov. Rick Scott website However, the release noted that nine areas, eight in Miami-Dade county and one in Palm Beach county, are being investigated for local transmission. Miami is the first area reporting cases of mosquito-transmitted Zika in the continental US, though the outbreak has affected other US territories, including Puerto Rico. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a travel warning advising against pregnant women traveling to the area, and people living in the area should take steps to prevent mosquito bites. Miami Beach is a major center for tourism in south Florida, and Scott said in a statement that he's working with hotels, restaurants and other businesses to educate on Zika prevention. "We are making every resource available to ensure Miami, and our entire state, remains safe for every family and visitor." Zika, which is transmitted mainly by mosquitoes, has been spreading around the Americas over the past year. The cases in Miami are the first time local transmission by mosquitoes has been reported in the continental US. Only about 20% of people who are infected with Zika ever show symptoms, which most commonly include fever, rash, joint pain, and red eyes. http://www.businessinsider.com/zika-miami-beach-2016-8