Ten more cases of locally-transmitted Zika have been found after a door-to-door survey of a small area in Miami-Dade County, the governor's office announced Monday, prompting a federal travel notice.

  • 10 more cases of locally-transmitted Zika found
  • Health officials found some after door-to-door survey
  • So far, transmission area is in small area of Miami-Dade

This brings the number of cases of locally-transmitted Zika to 14, the Florida Department of Health said. Two of the people are women and 12 are men.

The health department thinks the active local transmissions are occurring in a small area of Miami-Dade and it's the only area of the state where the health department has confirmed there are ongoing local transmissions of Zika. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a travel notice for the area that said women who are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant should avoid unnecessary travel to the impacted area.

Among the 10 new people with locally-acquired Zika, six are asymptomatic (not showing symptoms) and were found by the door-to-door survey being conducted by the state health department.

Since the health department began its investigation into possible local transmissions of Zika on July 7, more than 200 people in Miami-Dade and Broward counties have been tested for the virus who live or work near the people who have already been confirmed with likely mosquito-borne transmissions.

Gov. Rick Scott called upon the CDC to activate a CDC Emergency Response Team to assist the health department in its investigation, sample collection and mosquito control efforts.

“While we continue to learn more about this virus each day, we know that it is most harmful to pregnant women and their babies. For women who live or work in the impacted area and are either pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant, I urge you to contact your OB/GYN for guidance and to receive a Zika prevention kit," Scott said in a statement.