Zika virus "scarier than the thought" says US

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Zika virus is "scarier" than first thought and its influence on the United States may be greater than expected, public health officials have recognized.
Over a wide range of birth defects has been associated with the virus, said Dr. Anne Schuchat of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
And the mosquitoes that carry the virus can travel to more US states than previously thought, she said.
The current outbreak of Zika began almost a year ago in Brazil.
This was due to the thousands of birth defects in North and South America.
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"Much of what we have learned, is not encouraging," said Dr. Schuchat at a briefing at the White House on Monday.
"All that we know about this virus seems scarier than we originally thought."
Earlier this year, US President Obama has asked Congress for $ 1.8 billion (£ 1.25 billion) in emergency funding to fight the virus.
At the same time, he used the money totaling $ 589m, the remaining fund from the Ebola virus.
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It was a temporary stopper and are not enough to get the job done, said Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health.
The US currently needs more money to fight mosquitoes and fund better research of vaccines and treatments, he said.
"When the president asked for $ 1.9 billion, we needed $ 1.9 billion."
He said that was the recent discoveries about how destructive Zeke were in the fetal brain.
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There were also reports of a rare neurological problems in adults, he said.
CDC announced that Puerto Rico to receive $ 3.9m in emergency funding Zika as the number of cases doubles every week.
In February, the first US case of locally transmitted Zeke reported in Dallas, Texas - spread through sexual contact, rather than a mosquito bite.