More airlines ease policies on bookings to Zika-hit areas

The Head of Wellcome Trust, Jeremy Farrar, made an announcement concerning the Zika Virus. The less severe symptoms combined with more hard transmission should make Zika less likely to scare off potential air travelers therefore hurting airline revenues even less than Ebola. Most virus carriers are symptomless. For pregnant women, they can suffer complications, and their babies could have malformation, shed added.

The CDC has said “there is no vaccine to prevent or medicine to treat Zika”. The CDC didn’t disclose if or how numerous afflicted Americans were pregnant women. While symptoms are similar to a mild flu or rash, making it hard to detect, the Zika virus can be unsafe, especially to women who are pregnant or may become pregnant, Aliota said.

“Zika is not airborne, so there is not a danger of it being transmitted between passengers”, American’s President Scott Kirby said on a call with investors Friday. When compared to the Ebola epidemic, the Zika Virus seems to be way less of a problem than Ebola, which was responsible for many hospitalizations and deaths, however, many infants born from mothers who contracted the Zika Virus have microcephaly, which causes growth and movement problems, speech problems and mental problems.

Zika virus infection is caused by a virus which is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito.

Lanteigne’s trip was provided by AirTransat, which told Global News, for pregnant women who booked a trip with Transat to one of their destinations affected by the virus and listed by the Pan American Health Organization, they authorize, upon receipt of a medical note attesting of the pregnancy, requests for date or destination changes. Their hope is to get the virus here by the end of the winter.

Both Osorio and Aliota plan to continue studying the Zika virus.

“We don’t know that much about the virus”, Osorio said.

As reported by Reuters, Scientists in Texas are starting the process of working on a vaccine, although it could take up to 10 years.

Inland health officials say no Zika cases have been reported in Riverside and San Bernardino counties following news that a young traveler returned to Los Angeles County with the virus. Schumer’s also asking the U.S. Agency for International Development to prioritize and increase its involvement in Zika-affected countries.

– Spirit Airlines will refund or rebook customers who are pregnant or traveling with a pregnant woman to the affected regions, a spokesman said.

Zika is active in 23 countries in the Americas, and experts worry that it could spread to Southeast Asia, according to a report by The Independent.