The zika virus continues to spread in south florida, thats despite weeks of spraying of insecticide in the miami area. Health officials have identified a new zika zone in miami beach. Five people have been infected there, apparently by local mosquitoes. Thats just across biscayne bay from the initial zika zone, and it brings the total of mosquitoborne infections in the area to 36. The mosquitoborne virus can cause severe birth defects. Pregnant women and their partners are being advised to postpone travel to miamidade county. David begnaud is reporter the crowd in miami beach was a little smaller than usual for a 90degree saturday. Some might say you can blame it on zika. Now that i im here and i know its close, i feel afraid, and the first thing, i just want to go back. Its so dangerous for us because were on holiday. Since we discovered i was pregnant, weve been taking a lot of weve been very careful about it. Reporter aerial mosquito strong ocean gusts. Today, ground spraying was do
Edition of the broadcast. The zika virus continues to spread in south florida, thats despite weeks of spraying of insecticide in the miami area. Health officials have identified a new zika zone in miami beach. Five people have been infected there, apparently by local mosquitoes. Thats just across biscayne bay from the initial zika zone, and it brings the total of mosquitoborne infections in the area to 36. The mosquitoborne virus can cause severe birth defects. Pregnant women and their partners are being advised to postpone travel to miamiad David Begnaud is there. Reporter the crowd in miami beach was a little smaller than usual for a 90degree saturday. Some might say you can blame it on zika. Now that i im here and i know its close, i feel afraid, and the first thing, i just want to go back. Its so dangerous for us because were on holiday. Since we discovered i was pregnant, weve been taking a lot of weve been very careful about it. Reporter aerial mosquito due to highrise buildings