Governor Confirms Local Transmission of Zika By Mosquitoes In Miami

WLRN 91.3 FM | By Daniel Chang

Published July 29, 2016 at 10:30 AM EDT

This is the area in Miami identified as having active Zika transmission.

Zika virus is actively being transmitted by local mosquitoes in a one-square-mile area just north of Downtown Miami, Florida Gov. Rick Scott said Friday morning in confirming that four cases of Zika infection in Miami-Dade and Broward counties were acquired locally.

The exact location identified as having activeZikatransmission is within Northwest5thAvenue to the west, U.S. 1 to the east, Northwest/Northeast38thStreet to the north and Northwest/Northeast20thStreet to the south.

This is currently the only area of the state where the Florida Department of Health is testing to see if there local mosquitoes are spreading Zika. All four of Florida’s cases — two in Miami-Dade and two in Broward — are active Zika cases but none of the people inected have exhibited symptoms to be admitted to the hospital.

“We learned today that four people in our state likely have the Zika virus as a result of a mosquito bite,” Scott said in confirming the locally acquired cases.

Read more of this story at our news partner the Miami Herald.