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The only known cases of the Zika virus until last month was diagnosed in people who had recently traveled out of the US to Latin America. Over the past few weeks, the case of non-travel related Zika virus has been on the rise.

Democratic Presidential Candidate, Hillary Clinton say she plans to take a tour of Borinquen medical center. The facility which is close Wynwood, the area where a total of 16 cases of non-travel related Zika virus has been diagnosed.

Mrs. Clinton said she would ask Republican leader to reconvene the House to pass the stalled legislation or come up with a new bipartisanship bill to enable the funding for the provision of treatment, testing, research and intelligence to help curtail the spread of the virus in the US.

Senator Tim Kaine, a Virginia legislator and the running mate of the Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton, said he would return to Washington to vote on Zika virus.

It will be recalled that the lawmakers vacated Washington on a seven-week long recess in mid-July. Before their break, they failed to approve the $1.9 billion dollars proposed by President Obama for the development of a vaccine, reduction of the spread of the mosquitos that carry Zika virus and all other efforts to curb the virus.

The body language of the Senate hasn’t however, signaled any intention to return before time. The Senate Majority Leader sharply criticized Democrats for being responsible for the delayed passage of the bill, stating that they will be given another chance.

In an interview with Fox News in April, Mrs. Clinton said, Zika is dangerous, and It’s real, if the government and people of America are serious about it, then there is no need to waste time that isn’t available. Mrs. Clinton surely has a point, and the general populace can only hope something is done before it becomes and epidemic case. A lot of American sports fans and Athletes are in Brazil at the moment, and this may spell doom if care isn’t taken.