Prevention 1. Avoid travel to an area with Zika:
• Until more is known, CDC recommends special precautions for pregnant women. Women who are pregnant should not travel to any are where the Zika virus is spreading.
• If a person must travel to one of these areas, they will need to talk to their healthcare provider first and strictly follow steps to prevent mosquito bites during their trip.
2. Take steps to prevent mosquito bites: • Wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants.
• Stay in places with air conditioning or that use window and door screens to keep mosquitoes outside.
• Use Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - registered insect repellents. When used as directed, these insect repellents are proven safe and effective even for pregnant and breastfeeding women.
• Remove or stay away from mosquito breeding sites, like containers with standing water.
3. Take steps to prevent getting Zika through sex:
• Until more is known, pregnant women with male sex partners who have lived in or traveled to an area with Zika virus should either use condoms the right way, every time, for vaginal, anal, or oral (mouth-to-penis) sex or not have sex during pregnancy.
• If a pregnant woman is concerned that her male partner may have had Zika virus infection, she should talk to her healthcare provider. She should tell her healthcare provider about her male partner's travel history, including how long he stayed, whether or not he took steps to prevent getting mosquito bites, and if she had sex with him without a condom since his return.
• Women trying to get pregnant and their male partners should talk to their healthcare provider before traveling to areas with ZIka. Because sexual transmission is possible, both men and women should strictly follow steps to prevent mosquito bites during the trip.
4. See a healthcare provider:
• Pregnant women who have recently traveled to an area with Zika should talk to a healthcare provider about their travel even if they do not feel sick.
CORONA VIRUS
COVID 19- A brief history Wuhan, China reported the first cases of what was to become COVID 19 in 2019. This new virus subsequently spread globally to become the 5th documented pandemic since the 1918 influenza pandemic.
Fast forward to September 2021, just 2 years after it was identified, there have been over 200 million cases worldwide with over 4.6 million deaths.
A brief world history of the pandemic: • December 2019: First case of COVID 19 identified • February 2020: COVID 19 is officially named
• March 2020: 100,000 cases documented, and the US declares an emergency
• March 2020: First Vaccine trial-Moderna • April 2020: 1 million COVID cases confirmed • September 2020: Alpha varient discovered
• September 2020: 1 million COVID deaths confirmed
• November 2020: Both Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are deemed effective
• December 2020: Delta variant detected
• December 2020: WHO issues emergency use authorization for vaccine
• April 2021: 1 billion vaccines administered
Initial reaction to COVID-19 Officially, the first cases of COVID-19 were announced on December 31, 2019, when the World Health Organization (WHO) was informed about some cases of a pneumonia in Wuhan, China, with an unknown cause. On January 7th, 2020 Chinese authorities identified the unknown virus as 2019-nCoV.
Several weeks later, WHO declared an outbreak of a rapidly spreading virus as a public health emergency. It was officially named COVID 19 on February 11th 2020. Nine days later, the CDC announced the first death in the US. A man in his 50's passed away from COVID in the state of Washington.
Declaring COVID-19 a pandemic
COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the WHO on March 11th 2020. It had rapidly transformed from being a severe problem confined to China, to a global health emergency almost overnight.
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