Donated blood across US to be screened for Zika Virus

August 28, 2016 07:56

In a move to prevent transmission of the Zika virus through blood supply, the United States Food and Drug Administration has recommended that all blood donated in the country and its territories be tested for the virus.

The decision to expand blood screening in the US was based on concerns about more cases of local transmission in Florida, the growing number of travel-related infections and concerns that Zika-tainted blood could unwittingly be given to a pregnant woman, putting her unborn baby at a risk of severe birth defects, an official release said yesterday.

The Food and Drug Administration says all those areas are currently in compliance with blood screening, but that expanded testing is now needed.

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