The safety recommendations include common sense measures like wearing clothing that covers skin for those who work outdoors in areas where Zika is likely to spread, the promotion of good hand hygiene among those who work in medical or laboratory settings and delaying travel plans to regions where Zika is prevalent for employees who are pregnant or have sexual partners who may become pregnant.
The guidance is categorized as “interim” and will be updated as the CDC continues to gather information on the means of transmission and adverse health effects caused by the Zika virus.
The CDC has recently expanded the scope of the potential Zika threat in the continental U.S. On April 13, the agency confirmed the link between Zika and the birth defect microcephaly.
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