Thursday, July 28, 2016

Zika Probe in Florida Prompts FDA to Shut Down Blood Collection in 2 Counties

The Food and Drug Administration has ordered all blood collection centers in Florida's Miami-Dade and Broward counties to stop taking in blood as state health department officials continue to investigate four possible cases of local transmission of the Zika virus.

In a statement posted on its website on Wednesday, the FDA said blood centers should stop collecting blood in the two counties until they can implement testing for the Zika virus in each unit of blood collected, or until they can put in place technology that can kill pathogens in collected blood. 

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Source: NBC News

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