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On January 26, The
President met with leaders of his health and national security
teams to discuss the spread of Zika and other mosquito-borne viruses in
the Americas as well as steps
being taken to protect the American public.
The President’s senior
health advisors, including Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia
Mathews Burwell, Centers for Disease Control Director Dr. Thomas
Frieden, and NIH/NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, briefed
him on the factors that could affect the potential spread of the Zika
virus in the United States, as well as recently issued travel advisories
and guidance for domestic health care providers who care for pregnant
women.
The President was briefed on the potential
economic and developmental impacts of the Zika virus spreading
in the Western Hemisphere.
The President emphasized the need to
accelerate research efforts to make available better diagnostic tests,
to develop vaccines and therapeutics, and to ensure
that all Americans have information about the Zika virus and steps they
can take to better protect themselves from infection.
Source: The White House, Office of the Press Secretary
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