Mosquitoes trapped in South Beach have tested positive for Zika, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services reported on [Sept. 1] — providing the first conclusive proof that insects in the U.S. are carrying the virus.
Florida health officials also reported two more local Zika infections in Miami-Dade, with one case in each of the two areas previously identified as transmission zones….
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But rather than react with alarm[,]…politicians cast the announcement as a reaffirmation of what they already knew.
“This find is disappointing, but not surprising,” Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam said….
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Mayor Carlos Gimenez said the announcement doesn’t change the county’s mosquito control efforts…with inspectors on the ground spraying and dropping larvicide daily.
“This was not something that was unexpected,” Gimenez said.
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Over the past month, county and city officials have ramped up mosquito control efforts in South Beach and a one-square-mile section of Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood — identified on July 29 as the first place in the continental United States to have active spread of Zika by mosquitoes.
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