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03-12-2016, 02:02 AM
CDC says pregnant women can travel to Zika areas if they stay above 6,500 feet
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U.S. health officials have come up with an exception to their travel warnings for the Zika virus: altitude.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that the mosquito that spreads the Zika virus is rare above 6,500 feet (2,000 meters). Therefore,*it is OK for pregnant women to travel to*destinations at high elevations like*Mexico City.
But the updates will **t make a big difference in most affected countries.
SEE ALSO: Zika virus presents female Olympic athletes with awful dilemma (http://mashable.com/2016/02/09/rio-olympics-zika-virus-present-female-athletes-with-awful-choice/)
The CDC has advised pregnant women to avoid travel to a total of 37 countries and territories because the Zika virus is the suspected cause of a surge of birth defects in Brazil. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/11/zika-virus-travel-elevations/)
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U.S. health officials have come up with an exception to their travel warnings for the Zika virus: altitude.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that the mosquito that spreads the Zika virus is rare above 6,500 feet (2,000 meters). Therefore,*it is OK for pregnant women to travel to*destinations at high elevations like*Mexico City.
But the updates will **t make a big difference in most affected countries.
SEE ALSO: Zika virus presents female Olympic athletes with awful dilemma (http://mashable.com/2016/02/09/rio-olympics-zika-virus-present-female-athletes-with-awful-choice/)
The CDC has advised pregnant women to avoid travel to a total of 37 countries and territories because the Zika virus is the suspected cause of a surge of birth defects in Brazil. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/11/zika-virus-travel-elevations/)
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