Fears as Zika spreads HUNDREDS of miles away: Patient diagnosed with local infection 5 hours from Miami
Patient in Pinellas County ‘has caught Zika from local mosquitoes’
It is an ominous sign that the virus could be rapidly scaling the US
Another 4 local infections also reported in Miami’s Wynwood area
By MIA DE GRAAF
DAILYMAIL.COM
23 August 2016
Zika has spread hundreds of miles north of Miami, officials fear.
A patient has been diagnosed with the mosquito-borne infection in Pinellas County.
The area just outside Tampa is 265 miles away from Miami on the other side of the peninsula from the original outbreak zone.
The news, announced on Tuesday, is an ominous sign that the virus could be on the cusp of a rapid spread across the country.
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