The CDC warned pregnant women to reconsider their travel plans to the Texas city of Brownsville, on the Mexico border, after five cases of locally-transmitted Zika have been documented there.
“Additional cases of mosquito-borne Zika have been identified in the area, suggesting that there is a risk of continued spread of Zika virus in Brownsville,” the CDC said in a statement.
The CDC designated Brownsville as a “yellow” area “where local spread of Zika virus has been identified, but there is not yet any evidence of widespread, sustained local spread.
“Although the specific level of risk in yellow areas is unknown, there is still a risk to pregnant women,” the group warned.
The CDC’s announcement came after four new cases of locally-transmitted Zika were confirmed last week. The first case in the Brownsville area was discovered on November 28.
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SOURCE: ABC News, J. J. Gallagher
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