Limiting travel, controlling mosquitoes reduces Zika riskTo limit mosquito-borne illnesses, including the Zika virus, plan travel carefully, take personal protective measures, and control mosquitoes in and around the home, experts recommend. (CDC posts Zika travel notices at bit.ly/1Qq5Iow.) “Sexual partners of pregnant women may get infected and may not even realize it,” Weaver told Reuters Health by phone. “But for most athletes who aren’t pregnant or trying to get anyone pregnant, Zika really shouldn’t be something that needs to change their travel that much.”Source: Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people limit travel to areas with active transmission of these viruses, and that pregnant women not travel to these areas at all.

Source: VietNamNet News July 12, 2016 21:22 UTC