Del. granted $813k to fight zika virus

first state. the federal funding will be used to help the first state’s efforts in preventing and responding to the zika virus — should an outbreak occur. 47 a-b-c’s lili zheng joins us live in the studio with more on this tonight. li — david — it’s through the epidemiology eh-peh-dee-mee-olog y and laboratory capacity funding grant — which the state receives every year. but this year — it did include eight-hundred and thirteen thousand dollars for anti-zika efforts. some of that — will directly aid dnrec for mosquito control. track 1 166-thousand dollars — put towards dnrec — and their efforts in mosquito control and surveillance. 03:15:48 local transmission in delawa is possible 51 track 2 delaware is possible 51 track 2 doctor karyl rattay — director of the delaware division of public health — confirms the have been eleven cases of the mosquito-borne virus zika in the first state. all of which — have been traveled-related. the 116-thousand dollars carved out for dnrec — is a part of an 813-thousand dollar grant from the centers for disease control and prevention. bill meredith — environmental administrator for the delaware mosquito control section –says that 116-k — will help them buy and use traps for collectingasian tiger mosquitos. while the aedes aegypti is most commonly linked to zika — meredith explains it’s possible for the asian tiger species to also transfer the virus. he tells 47 a-b-c- — it’s common in urban and suburban areas in delaware. 03:44:16 asian tiger mosquitos are nasty, daytime biters. they go after people very aggressively when there a lot of people are out and about. most mosquitos are nocturnal around dawn or dusk. asian tigers are after you throughout the day 29 track 3 dn-rec will also use some of the money for foggers – to kill the mosquitoes. as for how the public can help — meredith explains cleaning up standing water like this is critically important. according to the c-d-c — female mosquitoes can lay several hundred eggs on the walls of waterfilled containers. eggs stick to containers — and stay there until they are scrubbed off. when water covers the eggs — they hatch and become adults in about a week. 03:45:59 help yourselves, help your neighbors, help us, ok? clean up stuff like this 03 we’ve been frustrated in the past. it doesn’t seem to resonate well 08 but maybe now with the issue of potentials for zika, more people will pay attention 12 we’re told the remainder of that eight-hundred and thirteen thousand grant — will be used to raise awareness for the general public. so — billboards, public education and outreach — for example. earlier this month — the c-d-c reportedly awarded more than sixteen-million dollars to forty states — in an effort to fight zika that does include maryland and virginia. david — alright, thank you li. 47 a-b-c’s lili zheng reporting live in our studio tonight. now — a vaccine has been tested on non-human primates — and it appears promising. coming up in our next half-hour — we’ll explain what officials say is preventing it from being tested on humans. the federal government will not reclassify marijuana and remove it from the