HRES 815
114th Congress
House
International Affairs
Athletes
Brazil
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Insects
Latin America
Olympic games
Travel and tourism
World health
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that governments should assure that all travelers departing for or returning from a destination where mosquito transmission of the Zika Virus is occurring will be informed of symptoms of the Zika Virus, the measures that should be taken to protect against mosquito bites, and inform women who are pregnant or may become pregnant to seek the advice of their physician prior to travel.
Introduced: July 8, 2016
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Jul 8, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jul 8, 2016
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that governments should:
- assure that travelers are informed about the mosquito transmission of the Zika virus,
- assure that athletes traveling to the 2016 Olympics in Brazil are informed about the presence of the Zika virus and that Brazil has taken appropriate protective measures,
- urge travelers to take steps to reduce the chances of contracting the illness, and
- urge travelers returning from an area where mosquito transmission is actively occurring to take precautions to protect others from Zika virus exposure and to seek medical advice should disease symptoms occur.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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