The Preparedness for Zika Virus Disease in New York City

The preparedness for Zika virus disease in New York City

This article is about the preparedness for Zika virus disease in New York City. The results for Zika virus infection inflated gradually over the 4 month period from 29 cases in April to 317 cases in July. There is a total of 715 cases of laboratory-confirmed Zika virus disease had been identified on September 21, 2016. This speaks on behalf the highest number of reported cases in the United State to date, which lead to an introduction of a Zika Preparedness and Response Action plan by NYC Health + Hospitals. This plan includes universal travel screening, especially those areas with active Zika virus transmission, epidemiology and clinical development for possible exposure to Zika virus, diagnostic testing for Zika virus infection and provides specialist and counselor for this virus. The standard testing and reporting of Zika virus disease which called Zika Action Plan is based on the counsel of CDC and DOHMH practices. The objective of this plan is offer testing for the virus, get the testing result faster, and providing all essential care and counseling to persons who are confirmed or most likely have infected Zika virus. Only those patient who met the CDC case definition for Zika virus disease can proceed to Zika action plan. Especially for those people who have organ transplant within 30 days, receiving blood product from an ambiguous source, or have sexual contact with the person who traveled from an area with ongoing Zika virus have to take part in this plan. Zika virus screening starts from gathering the patient’s history. If the patient had traveled to an area with Zika virus transmission for the past 4 weeks