Governor Rick Scott will visit Central Florida Tuesday to talk with community leaders and tourism officials about the Zika virus.
- Gov. Scott will visit Merritt Island and Orange County
- He's holding Zika roundtables across the state
- Another case of the virus was confirmed in Miami-Dade County
His visit comes on the heels of health officials announcing that another new case of the virus was found in Miami-Dade County. There are now 43 non-travel related cases in Florida, according to the Florida Health Department, with most of them in Miami-Dade County area. In total, there have been about 545 travel related cases in the state.
Governor Scott hopes his round table discussions across the state will help educate city and county leaders.
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Scott visited Palm Beach County on Monday for a round table discussion. He emphasized how standing water is the top enemy. The governor also spoke about the new locally acquired case and what Florida needs from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"We still have some open requests from the CDC. We need more lab support, which we have been asking for. We need Zika prevention kits to get to our pregnant women, we have asked for 2,000 kits. We are still waiting on that," said Scott.
The Food and Drug Administration recently recommended that all blood donations in the U.S. be screened for Zika. Those screenings are already happening in Florida and Puerto Rico.
However on Monday, the FDA said that screenings need to be expanded for large organizations like the Red Cross.
Scott will be in Merritt Island at 10 a.m. Tuesday. He will then travel to Orange County where he will talk with leaders about Zika.