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For the first time, the Centers for Disease Control is warning people not to travel to an American neighborhood. The reason – Zika is being spread in south Florida. As Matt Galka tells us, with 14 people infected that we know of, the Governor is confident Florida can handle it.

Florida’s top elected officials led off the only cabinet meeting of the summer with perhaps the most pressing issue facing the state; Zika.

“We have 14 cases of what we believe is locally transmitted Zika in the state of Florida,” said Gov. Rick Scott (R-Florida).

Florida became the first state where mosquitoes are infecting people domestically – all within a small area north of downtown miami – but health officials have yet to find a mosquito carrying the virus.

“This is a situation where, while it is scary, it is well within our ability to control and eradicate,” said Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam.

Local transmission of the virus has prompted England health officials to warn pregnant women not to travel to Florida.

“If you’re concerned, wear long sleeves, long pants, things like that. We’re doing everything we can to make everyone comfortable. I think we’ll continue to see tourists, will 115 million tourists. Just remember – it’s one square mile, and we’re doing everything we can to prevent that from spreading,” said Gov. Scott.

He also called on Washington to help stop the spread.

“Whatever they do they have to start working together to the extent of if the President can allocate more dollars, he should allocate more dollars down here. If Congress needs to come back and do their job, yea they ought to do their job,” he said.

A more than one billion dollar prevention plan was left in limbo when Congress took a seven week break for the summer.

Florida is also receiving more than $700,000 dollars from the CDC to monitor potential birth defects stemming from the Zika virus.  The Governor has already pledged more than $26 million dollars in state funds.