North Carolina's chief epidemiologist says the state lacks the ability to track and combat the spread of mosquitoes as concerns about the Zika virus spread.
Megan Davies told WRAL-TV in Raleigh that mosquito surveillance and control is very limited, and she told a legislative panel on Thursday that funding for local mosquito control is no longer available.
Two different programs aimed at controlling mosquitoes and other pests were pared back, and then finally eliminated, under Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue and Republican Gov. Pat McCrory.
The Zika virus has been blamed for brain-damaged babies in Brazil.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said no local mosquito-borne Zika virus cases have been reported in the U.S., but there have been travel-associated cases.
Source: wxii12.com
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