CDC gives Mississippi $2.5 million to fight Zika

Mississippi awarded $2.5 million to fight Zika virus

The State of Mississippi will receive nearly $2.5 million to help combat the Zika virus.

More than $1 million of the funding will come from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and $1.2 million will come through the CDC’s Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases Cooperative Agreement.

There have been nine travel-related Zika virus cases reported in Mississippi in 2016.

WLOX
7/21/16