A handful of Zika cases have been identified and health officials are deciding which area or areas to include in any updated travel guidance, the source said. So far there have been 35 cases of likely local transmission in the state, including the two new cases announced on Thursday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention referred calls to state health officials. The prospect of the virus spreading to the tourism-dependent Miami Beach area is likely to alarm tourism officials. The Zika virus has been linked to more than 1,700 cases of microcephaly in Brazil, raising alarm among public health officials globally about its spread.

Source: Huffington Post August 18, 2016 21:45 UTC