New guidelines barring the collection of blood will be put to the test in Puerto Rico and other areas with outbreaks of the the mosquito-borne Zika virus in Latin America.
The actively domestic transmission of Zika virus areas will need to stop collection blood locally, according to U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The U.S. health officials are expecting a blast of infections during the summer season in Puerto Rico, even if now the country has reported a small number of cases of local transmission
Puerto Rico according to the new guidelines will need to obtain its entire supply from the continental United States at a cost of up to $100,000 a week while the island is struggling with about $70 billion in debt and a 45 percent poverty rate.
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