Zika virus concern growing in the US

Thirty-three members of the military, including a pregnant woman, have contracted the Zika virus in the US, but a Pentagon spokesperson said it was possible they were infected outside of the country. With evidence now of people having caught the virus in Florida, worries over the spread of the mosquito-borne disease within the US are on the rise.

Al Jazeera’s Caroline Malone explains.

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