Zika ‘Public Health Emergency’ declared for Puerto Rico, Florida local transmission cases now 28
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#1QCV1)
According to Puerto Rico Department of Health, as of Aug 12 there have been 10,690 laboratory-confirmed cases of Zika in Puerto Rico. At the request of Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell on Friday declared a public health emergency for the Commonwealth, signaling that the current spread ["]