Archive for December, 2016
CDC: Zika Update
Friday, December 9th, 2016As of December 7, 2016 (5 am EST)
- Zika virus disease and Zika virus congenital infection are nationally notifiable conditions.
- This update from the CDC Arboviral Disease Branch includes provisional data reported to ArboNET for January 01, 2015 – December 7, 2016.
US States
- Locally acquired mosquito-borne cases reported: 185
- Travel-associated cases reported: 4,389
- Laboratory acquired cases reported: 1
- Total: 4,575
- Sexually transmitted: 38
- Guillain-Barré syndrome: 13
US Territories
- Locally acquired cases reported: 33,712
- Travel-associated cases reported: 126
- Total: 33,838*
- Guillain-Barré syndrome: 50
*Sexually transmitted cases are not reported for US territories because with local transmission of Zika virus it is not possible to determine whether infection occurred due to mosquito-borne or sexual transmission.
MI6 Director: The scale of the terrorism threat to the UK is “unprecedented”
Friday, December 9th, 2016“…..The threat level for international terrorism in the UK has been severe – meaning an attack is highly likely – since August 2014.
There are five threat levels – low, moderate, substantial, severe and critical – set by MI5’s Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre…..”
What the threat levels mean
Threat levels are designed to give a broad indication of the likelihood of a terrorist attack.
- LOW means an attack is unlikely.
- MODERATE means an attack is possible, but not likely
- SUBSTANTIAL means an attack is a strong possibility
- SEVERE means an attack is highly likely
- CRITICAL means an attack is expected imminently
Fowlerville, MI: Up to 40 vehicles are reported to be involved in massive pile-up along a snowy highway leaving at least 3 dead.
Friday, December 9th, 2016
M7.8 – 68km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
Thursday, December 8th, 2016
No Warning, Advisory, Watch, or Threat
There is No Tsunami Warning, Advisory, Watch, or Threat in effect
