Airline bookings to parts of Latin America and the Caribbean have slipped globally since a US public health agency warned pregnant women against travel to areas where the Zika virus is spreading. Bookings to regions hit by the mosquito-borne virus fell 3.4 percent from a year ago between January 15, when the US Centres for […]
US carriers United and Delta have offered to re-assign flight crew concerned about contracting the Zika virus from routes to Latin America and the Caribbean, Reuters reports. The move shows how the mosquito-borne virus, linked to birth defects in Brazil, looms as an issue not just for passengers but for flight crews as well. In […]
Florida Governor Rick Scott has expanded a public health emergency over the Zika virus, adding a fifth county to the list of areas in the state with travel-related cases. Reuters reports that his action came as the mosquito-borne virus generates increasing concern in the United States. Zika is spreading rapidly in the Americas, and has […]