The Zika virus outbreak has waned in another part of Miami.
Zika is no longer spreading in a one-square-mile part of the Little River area of Miami, according to an announcement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday. The CDC said last month that the northern part of Miami Beach is also no longer a Zika area, although the southern part of the tourist destination still is.
CDC said there have been no new cases of local Zika transmission in Little River for more than 45 days, suggesting that the risk is “no longer greater than in the rest of Miami-Dade County.”
The agency still urged caution for Little River and the rest of Miami-Dade County, and said that women who went to the area since Aug. 1 should wait at least eight weeks before trying to get pregnant, regardless of whether they had any symptoms.
Men who traveled to the area should wait at least six months before trying to get their partner pregnant as well, the CDC said.
Zika, which is spread via mosquito bites, causes a mild illness but only one in five cases show symptoms. However, it is linked to the birth defect microcephaly and other birth abnormalities.
So far, more than 200 people in Florida have gotten the virus locally. Almost all of the cases have been in Miami-Dade County.
