The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have removed the Bahamas from the list of regions where the Zika virus has been reported and declared the country safe for tourists, according to The Official Website of the Caribbean Tourism Development Company.
Two leading global health organizations recently confirmed that the Bahamas has had no new cases of the disease for the past 12 months.
The CDC has removed the Bahamas from its list of "Zika Virus Risk Areas" where pregnant women should avoid travel and where travelers should strictly follow guidelines to avoid infection.
The islands have now been reclassified as "Areas with Interrupted Transmission." This means that Zika was previously detected in this country, but scientists have confirmed that the virus has been suppressed.
The WHO also downgraded the Bahamas from category 2 to 3 on the World Health Organization's ZIKV classification system, indicating the country is safe for travel and living.
This table assesses the geographic distribution of the Zika virus into four categories, the first of which is the most dangerous, and the fourth of which includes regions where the virus is no longer active.
For its part, the Bahamas Ministry of Health confirmed that the last cases of the disease were recorded only in November 2016. Meanwhile, the agency continues its program of surveillance and intensive control of virus carriers to prevent the threat of an outbreak.
Source: trn-news.ru
