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.
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7/21/16
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