--- title: CDC: Pregnant Women Should Avoid Miami Beach Area With Zika description: The CDC released a recommendation that pregnant women should avoid travel to an area in Miami Beach confirmed to have five new cases of the zika virus canonical: https://time.com/4459548/zika-miami-pregnant-women-travel-advisory/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-19T18:48:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T03:50:01.000Z article:section: Health og:title: Pregnant Women Warned to Stay Away From Miami Beach Where Zika Is Spreading og:description: Pregnant women may want to reconsider travel og:url: https://time.com/4459548/zika-miami-pregnant-women-travel-advisory/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7117ea62df3a87f/69889a9af887dc3759e9680d/zika-prevention.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: World's Largest Mosquito Factory Aims To Prevent Zika og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Pregnant Women Warned to Stay Away From Miami Beach Where Zika Is Spreading twitter:description: Pregnant women may want to reconsider travel twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7117ea62df3a87f/69889a9af887dc3759e9680d/zika-prevention.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Pregnant Women Warned to Stay Away From Miami Beach Where Zika Is Spreading > Sponsored content. 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Kevin Frayer—Getty Images by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Updated: Dec 13, 2023 3:50 AM UTCPublished: Aug 19, 2016 6:48 PM UTC Health officials are recommending pregnant women not travel to an[ area in Miami Beach that is confirmed to have some local transmission of the Zika virus](http://time.com/4459278/zika-is-spreading-in-miami-beach/) from mosquitoes. On Friday, after Florida confirmed five cases of [Zika](http://time.com/4422580/cdc-tom-frieden-zika-virus/) believed to be contracted in an area of Miami Beach, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a recommendation that pregnant women should avoid travel to the area. The agency had already advised pregnant women not to travel to an area north of downtown Miami called Wynwood, which also has some local transmission of the virus. “We believe we have a new area where local transmission is occurring in Miami Beach,” said Florida Governor Rick Scott during a press conference on Friday. There are now 36 cases of Zika from local mosquitoes in Florida. Scott said that among the five cases there are people from New York, Texas and Taiwan who were infected in the Miami Beach area. The affected area in Miami beach is less than 1.5 square miles. Pregnant couples in or traveling to the area are asked to take precautions to [avoid mosquito bites, sexual transmission](http://time.com/4304583/what-every-woman-need-to-know-about-zika/), and consider postponing non-essential travel to Miami Dade County altogether. While the virus has not been found to be spreading in other areas of Miami, CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden said in a press conference that it is possible there could be local transmission of the virus in other areas that hasn’t been discovered yet. The CDC says it’s most concerned about the designated Wynwood Miami Beach areas. You can see a map of the locations, [here.](http://www.flgov.com/2016/08/19/gov-scott-doh-identifies-additional-area-of-local-transmission-in-miami-beach-clears-another-portion-of-wynwood-area/) “We understand this is concerning, especially for pregnant women,” said Frieden, adding that the CDC will continue to support the state and local communities. It is in the process of fulfilling a [request](http://time.com/4459278/zika-is-spreading-in-miami-beach/) from Florida Governor Rick Scott for 5,00o Zika antibody test kits How long the outbreak will continue remains to be seen, though Florida has been doing active mosquito control for some time. “The mosquitoes are persistent and we won’t know for a least a couple of weeks if these aggressive control measures have worked,” said Frieden. The CDC also recommends that all pregnant women living in the United States be evaluated for possible exposure to Zika during every prenatal visit. So far there are 2,260 cases of Zika reported in the continental United States and Hawaii, which includes 529 pregnant women. 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