BREAKING: Deadly Virus Spreading Like Wildfire, Share This With Everyone You Can [SEE SYMPTOMS] On Monday, Florida confirmed that homegrown cases of Zika in people infected by local mosquitoes. Now, federal health officials are advising women who are pregnant to avoid the area just north of downtown Miami where Zika is spreading. Women who have visited the Wynwood neighborhood in Miami since June 15 should avoid getting pregnant for at least eight weeks, the Centers for Disease Control and Convention have said. Zika has started spreading among mosquitoes in that area. CDC officials have said this is the first time the federal health agency has warned people to avoid a community in the continental U.S., agency spokesman Tom Skinner said. The CDC is sending an emergency response team to the state to help control the outbreak. Two CDC staff are already there working, and six more are planning to join them. A new Zika case in Miami brings the number of Zika infections spread locally, as opposed to foreign travel, the 14. We dont have ideal ways to control the mosquitoes that control Zika, CDC director Tom Frieden told reporters. In Miami, aggressive mosquito control measures dont seem to be working as well as we would have liked. Frieden stressed the importance of women taking steps to prevent mosquito bites. Mosquitoes that carry the virus live in 30 states. Nearly 20% of the 1,658 cases in the continental U.S. and Hawaii have been diagnosed with Zika have been in Florida. The CDC has also warned pregnant women to avoid places with ongoing Zika outbreaks, including Puerto Rico. Now, health experts claim they cant remember the last time that a federal agency told people to avoid a community in the U.S. because of an outbreak. Please share this information with your friends and family. 