--- title: Zika Virus Florida: Travel Warning for Pregnant Women description: The CDC announced a travel advisory on Monday for pregnant women. They should not travel to a Zika-affected area in Florida. canonical: https://time.com/4433477/zika-virus-florida-travel-warning/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-01T18:07:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:55:17.423Z article:section: Health og:title: Zika: CDC Warns Pregnant Women Not to Travel to Florida Area og:description: The CDC announced a travel advisory on Monday for pregnant women. 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Florida Governor Rick Scott speaks out and assures the public the recent Florida Zika outbreak is locally concentrated to two cities._ by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Aug 1, 2016 6:07 PM UTC  Evaristo Miqueli, a natural resources officer with Broward County Mosquito Control, takes water samples decanted from a watering jug, checking for the presence of mosquito larvae in Pembroke Pines, FL, on June 28, 2016. Evaristo Miqueli, a natural resources officer with Broward County Mosquito Control, takes water samples decanted from a watering jug, checking for the presence of mosquito larvae in Pembroke Pines, FL, on June 28, 2016. Lynne Sladky—AP by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Aug 1, 2016 6:07 PM UTC United States health officials say pregnant women should not travel to an area north of downtown Miami that has active [Zika](http://time.com/4319115/what-you-need-to-know-about-zika/) transmission. The agency said on Monday that it is also recommending that pregnant couples in the area avoid mosquito bites with clothing and repellant. On Monday, the director of the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Tom Frieden, announced that over the weekend more infections of [Zika](http://time.com/topic/zika-virus/) were identified in a small area in Miami-Dade County, just north of downtown. It is determined that the area has active transmission of the virus, which is why the CDC is advising pregnant women to not travel to that region. In total, 14 people are infected with the virus from local mosquitoes. [(You can see a map of the affected region here)](http://www.flgov.com/2016/08/01/gov-scott-florida-calls-on-cdc-to-activate-emergency-response-team-following-confirmed-mosquito-borne-transmissions/). The CDC also is sending an emergency response team to the area, after [Florida governor Rick Scott called on the CDC to do so](http://www.flgov.com/2016/08/01/gov-scott-florida-calls-on-cdc-to-activate-emergency-response-team-following-confirmed-mosquito-borne-transmissions/). Some members of the team are already on the ground and others are on the way. The CDC says it will re-assess the situation every day. Despite the daily use of spraying to control the local mosquitoes, Florida vector control specialists are still seeing a lot of mosquito larvae and high numbers of the aedes aegypti mosquito, which spreads Zika. It’s not yet clear why the numbers remain high. Dr. Frieden said the CDC believes this is the first time a federal group has advised Americans not to travel somewhere in the continental United States due to a health risk. “We wish we had all the answers, but the fact is this is a new phenomenon,” said Frieden. “We continue to learn each day about Zika.” Despite the fact that Zika puts pregnant women at risk for having babies with the severe birth defect microcephaly, Frieden acknowledged to reporters that they continue to run into apathy over the virus and that it can be difficult to get the public to want to change behavior. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4433477/zika-virus-florida-travel-warning/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4433477/zika-virus-florida-travel-warning/"},"headline":"CDC Warns Pregnant Women Not to Travel to Northern Miami Over Zika Fears","datePublished":"2016-08-01T18:07:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:55:17.423Z","description":"This is one of the first times health officials have advised Americans not to travel within the continental U.S. due to a health risk","url":"https://time.com/4433477/zika-virus-florida-travel-warning/","keywords":["Zika","Miami","Travel","CDC","Florida","birth defects","Zika virus","microcephaly"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad4379944175705e/6988a0a5cf40a800ebc444cb/zika-miami.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad4379944175705e/6988a0a5cf40a800ebc444cb/zika-miami.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Evaristo Miqueli","caption":"Evaristo Miqueli","creditText":"Lynne Sladky—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/zika/","name":"Zika"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4433477/zika-virus-florida-travel-warning/","name":"CDC Warns Pregnant Women Not to Travel to Northern Miami Over Zika Fears"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Florida Governor Speaks Out on Zika Outbreak","description":"Florida Governor Rick Scott speaks out and assures the public the recent Florida Zika outbreak is locally concentrated to two cities.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/CUdEl3kx/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-07-29T15:54:14.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/CUdEl3kx.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4433477/zika-virus-florida-travel-warning/","duration":"PT43S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4433477/zika-virus-florida-travel-warning/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```