Tag: zika virus

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South Carolina Confirms First Travel-Associated Case of Zika Virus

The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) announced today the first case of travel-associated Zika virus infection in a South Carolina resident. The case was confirmed in a person who recently traveled to a country with active transmission of the Zika virus. The individual did not have symptoms and was not contagious by the time they returned to […]

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Berkeley County Increases Efforts to Protect Public from Zika Virus

MONCKS CORNER, SC – Berkeley County Supervisor Bill Peagler announced Thursday that Berkeley County Mosquito Abatement (BCMA) is increasing its efforts to prevent the Zika virus from entering Berkeley County. In addition to increased equipment to treat small, localized areas where container breeding mosquitoes are present – BCMA is offering to inspect county residents’ premises for the mosquito species associated with […]