51 Pregnant Women in NYC Have Zika, and Officials Fear More Could Get It
(DNAINFO) Carolina Pichardo | August 31, 2016 — The number of New Yorkers with the Zika virus has increased to 505 — 51 of them pregnant women — as city officials are urging New Yorkers, particularly pregnant women and their partners, to refrain from traveling to Zika-ridden countries for the next year.
The travel warning comes as the New York Blood Center (NYBC), a nonprofit community blood center, announced it will now screen its blood supply for the Zika virus following new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines released Friday.
The FDA recommended that all blood collected in selected states — including New York, California, New Mexico and Texas, among other states — start being tested for Zika.