One day record for New Zika Cases
July 22nd, 2016 by Mike Vasilinda
Congress is on vacation as Florida investigates what could be two cases of Zika potentially originating from mosquito bites here in the state. The state is also reporting 19 new cases of travel related Zika infections today, a one day record increase since daily reports began. Congresswoman Gwen Graham says the failure to fund a fight against Zika is an example of why people are unhappy with Congress.
“This was an example of the Congress not doing what we should do to provide the funding to provide the resources to those here on the ground for mosquito eradication efforts, and working hard with research and development to find a vaccine, particularly now that we found one case of local transmission, which is very scary because its the potential for an epidemic.”
The state has not yet determined if the two cases, one in Miami Dade and the other in Broward counties did indeed result from people being bitten by a mosquito in Florida.
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