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White House Asks Congress for $1.8 Billion to Fight Zika Virus
Source: ABC News
White House Asks Congress for $1.8 Billion to Fight Zika Virus
By BENJAMIN SIEGEL
Feb 8, 2016, 10:09 AM ET
The Obama administration is requesting $1.8 billion in emergency funding from Congress to fight the Zika virus in the United States and abroad, the White House announced today.
The request comes after lawmakers on Capitol Hill urged the White House to address the spread of the virus, which is transmitted by mosquitoes and has been linked to serious birth defects.
President Obama said Americans should take the virus seriously but not panic, comparing it to the outbreak of the Ebola virus in 2014.
"The good news is, this is not like Ebola. People don't die of Zika," he said in an interview on “CBS This Morning.”
"A lot of people get it and they don't even know that they have it," he added.
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By BENJAMIN SIEGEL
Feb 8, 2016, 10:09 AM ET
The Obama administration is requesting $1.8 billion in emergency funding from Congress to fight the Zika virus in the United States and abroad, the White House announced today.
The request comes after lawmakers on Capitol Hill urged the White House to address the spread of the virus, which is transmitted by mosquitoes and has been linked to serious birth defects.
President Obama said Americans should take the virus seriously but not panic, comparing it to the outbreak of the Ebola virus in 2014.
"The good news is, this is not like Ebola. People don't die of Zika," he said in an interview on “CBS This Morning.”
"A lot of people get it and they don't even know that they have it," he added.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-asks-congress-18-billion-fight-zika/story?id=36786626
