WASHINGTON — President Obama warned Thursday that the fight against the Zika virus was reaching a critical stage, with local transmission confirmed in southern Florida, and implored Congress to “do its job” and approve funding to support the effort.
In his opening remarks at a Pentagon press conference, Obama reiterated that the administration was running out of the money that it had redirected from an Ebola emergency fund earlier this year.
“Now the money that we need to fight Zika is running out,” Obama said. “The situation is getting critical.”
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