以蚊蟲為傳播媒介的「茲卡」病毒(Zika)疫情拉警報,美國疾病管制暨預防中心(CDC)今天更新旅遊警示名單,新增8個熱帶地區。
據美聯社報導,美國疾病管制暨預防中心今天公布旅遊警示區最新名單,增為22區,其中拉丁美洲和加勒比海占多數,主因茲卡病毒在該區快速蔓延。
新增的8處是巴貝多、玻利維亞、厄瓜多、法屬瓜德羅普、聖馬丁島和蓋亞那;西非維德角共和國;大洋洲的薩摩亞。
美國疾管中心上週甫將巴西、哥倫比亞、薩爾瓦多、法屬圭亞那、瓜地馬拉、海地、宏都拉斯、馬丁尼島、墨西哥、巴拿馬、巴拉圭、波多黎各、蘇利南共和國和委內瑞拉列入旅遊警示區。
疾管中心警告,懷孕婦女應避免前往爆發茲卡病毒的疫區國家。感染茲卡病毒恐導致新生兒罹患小頭畸形與腦部病變。
Zika virus ravaging the US travel warning was increased to 22 area
2016-01-23 10:01 Central Chicago, 22nd New York reports
Mosquitoes spread the Zika virus outbreak alert, United States Centers for disease control and prevention (CDC) today updated travel alert list, added 8 tropical regions.
According to the associated press, United States Centers for disease control and prevention today announced the latest travel warnings list increased to 22, in which Latin America and the Caribbean are in the majority, are the main reason the virus spread quickly in the area.
New 8 is Barbados, Bolivia, Ecuador, and French Guyana and Guadeloupe, Saint Martin; Republic of Cape Verde in West Africa; Samoa in Oceania.
United States Centers for disease control on Zhou Fu will be Brazil, and Colombia, and El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, madingnidao, and Mexico, and Panama, and Paraguay, and Puerto Rico, the Republic of Surinam, and Venezuela in the travel warning.
Centers for disease control warned that pregnant women should avoid visiting card virus epidemic outbreaks State. Infections are virus could result in babies suffering from microcephaly, and brain lesions.