MIAMI — Florida’s governor says Miami’s Wynwood arts district is no longer considered a zone of active Zika transmission.
Health officials in late July said the neighborhood north of downtown Miami was the first place in the US mainland to have mosquitoes transmitting the virus to people.
Governor Rick Scott said Monday it’s been 45 days since the last Zika infection in Wynwood.
Scott says aggressive mosquito control, code enforcement, and cooperation from residents and business that drained standing water helped stop Zika’s spread.
Local officials said they expect the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to lift a travel advisory warning pregnant women and their partners to avoid Wynwood.
Scott said officials are working to stop Zika’s spread in Miami Beach. The state Health department late Friday said the infection zone now includes most of the 7-mile-long island.
Off to the next place to spread their poison around.
Was zika free before the Naled.