CDC Issues Interim Travel Guidance Related to Zika Virus for 14 Countries and Territories in Central and South America and the Caribbean

by Press on January 16, 2016

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Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2016. CDC has issued a travel alert (Level 2-Practice Enhanced Precautions) for people traveling to regions and certain countries where Zika virus transmission is ongoing: Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.