We know a couple of people have been infected with the zika virus but officials said they traveled to countries that had home. Both have spontaneously recovered. Zika virus is spread by the mosquitoe in the tropical and subtropical areas. It would be spread by the tiger mosquitoe, as well that lives in the north, but it doesnt live in this area either. Colorado has information about the zika virus on its website and has a map that shows outbreaks. If you are traveling to those country, exercise caution and protect yourself against mosquitoes. If you are pregnant, you should not be traveling to those countries, at all, because there have been reported cases of birth defects, women pregnant, were seen in their newborn infants. There have also been reported cases of paralysis, but Health Officials say in most instances, zika virus simply causes a fever, rash and joint pain. It lasts about a week, then most people spontaneously recover and have an immunity that lasts a lifetime. Still, the
This is 9news. Thank you for joining us here on 9news at noon. Today we are learning the zika virus has shown up here in colorado. We just learned that the Colorado Department of Public Health confirmed two cases of zika, both individuals had traveled to a zika affected country and both have now recovered. The cases were reported last week. Health Officials Say its likely that colorado will have more cases of zika in the coming year. The department of Public Health wont confirm information on the individual cases. The most common way people get it is from mosquitoes. It becomes particularly dangerous when it shows up in a pregnant woman. Zika virus can cause severe brain damage to unborn babies. 9 wants to know has learned a detective with the Denver Police department have been disciplined by the chief of police. He was disciplined for pulling over a feuding neighbor and issuing an illegitimate ticket out of his jurisdiction. By 9 wants to know shows detective Ryan Kobernick will be fi
Case and stealing his car. Police are on the lookout this morning for a 1998 green ford escort. We have the license plate for you. Qkl 268. It all happened issue in the 2500 block of pierce. This is near 25th. Right on the border of lakewood and edgewater. One man was shot and taken to the hospital with non life threatening injuries. The two suspects are still on the loose. That car is still missing. Now, not a lot of details on what type of meetup or ad this may have been about. Police say, though, it may have not been the legal sort. Of course, Law Enforcement asking all people if you are meeting a stranger on the interpret, exchanging cash or goods, to obviously keep an eye out, maybe come with someone, or use extra caution. Coming up in just a little bit, we will share with you, though, how some Law Enforcement agencies are actually stepping up to create safe zones where you know if incident like this and this will not happen to you. Coming up on 7news. Reporting live, Jason Gruena
Found 53yearold George Taylor lying in the southbound lanes of College Avenue near spring park drive. Police found his backpack and bike just off the roadway. At this time we dont know had a the suspects vehicle looks like. Noel brennan will have more after 6 30. Good morning. Thank you for joining us. It should feel springlike this week. Marty joins in the backyard. Reporter a little bit of filtered sun. There are a few thin high clouds. I love this predawn sky. You can see green in the sky. See that band of green there . You can see green in the sky. That means theres dry air and we have that over the front range today. Good air quality, moderate visibility. No wood burning restrictions in effect. Wind in the foothills, 30 to 50 Miles Per Hour. It will generally stay in the foothills more today than it did yesterday. We talked about this a little bit. Like a lamb, average low 22. Weve been 6 above that. Average high is 50. I think well be 10 degrees above that and no snow in todays f
Warrants out for their arrest. There were taken to the hospital to get checked out. Thank you for joining us. I am playing lien. Into saturday. Lane lien. Chris spears is standing by in the weather center. Good morning to you. Great to see you. We are starting off very comfortable as far as temperatures. We are not to far from where we should be for the daily high. We have robert pack up in the Northwest Side of nevada, he is one of the coolest spots at just 29 degrees but a lot of us are already into the 30s. Even if you both 40s. 32 in boulder. 25 in a fun. 25 in meeker avon. 25 in meeker. From the foothills, out across the city, low to mid 40s. You get north of i70 and you get cooler temperatures. Places like erie, mid20s. 36 and thorten. 36 in brighton. 33 in boulder. 35 in inglewood. Wind speeds are fairly light right now across the state. We do have some pockets of gusty winds. The winds are 50 miles an hour. Were going to watch these winds pick up a little bit as we go through t