Such a decision would signal that the potential threat of local Zika transmission had entered a new stage. “At a minimum is expanding the travel advisory to Miami Beach,” the health official said. “What’s on the table right now is Miami Beach and making it bigger than Miami Beach. A city of 92,000 people, Miami Beach sits on a series of barrier islands east of Miami. The prospect of mosquitoes spreading Zika in Miami Beach would catapult concerns over the virus to a new level.

Source: New York Times August 18, 2016 21:06 UTC