Zika Virus Update: CDC Sends Rapid Response Team to Stop The Penetration of the Virus in the United States

CDC Rapid Response team Zika Virus CDC Director

By Firman Moore , Parent Herald Jun 15, 10:45 am

The CDC (Centers for Disease Control) is now preparing to send expert personnel to certain states where the case of Zika Virus contamination is at high risk. The experts will do further laboratory tests as well as strengthen mosquito control within the community.

A few days ago, the video conference held by Health and Human Services Secretary, Sylvia M. Burwell; CDC Director, Tom Frieden; and Deputy Homeland Security Adviser, Amy Pope reported certain states with the highest risk of local transmission. Those are Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Furthermore, Georgia, Hawaii, and California become the largest areas to cover.

According to 7 News, CDC has awarded $700.000 to Florida alone to control and prevent the infections. The funding was issued to cover expenses on lavatory , epidemiology staff, useful equipment and supplies.

ABC News reported that the Federal Health Officials believe that the virus has already been contracted by some individuals even before they go back to the US. Thus, the victims may suffer already within the location before they can get possible recovery from the US health department. That would explain why government awards huge costs to send necessary help in targeted areas.

U.S. official is trying to eliminate the local case of Zika infection since the vector was found throughout South America and even has in the Midwest. Interestingly enough, mosquitoes that carries the Zika virus is not so different from those that cause dengue fever.

The CDC Director, Freiden claimed that Aedes aegypti mosquitoes range to only about 150 meters in its lifetime. "We don't think this is going to be a very common problem, but we do think it's going to be a very high-profile problem," Frieden said.

Today, the virus infects about 2 percent of the adult population in Latin America each month. However, the number could possibly reach the peak and become greater during certain months.