MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – The last so-called "Zika zone" in Miami-Dade County has been cleared.
Gov. Rick Scott said Friday that the final stretch of Miami Beach within the zone has been cleared.
"The South Beach area now does not have any local transmissions of Zika," the governor said.
Scott said the announcement means that there are no more active transmissions of the Zika virus in Florida.
The 1.5-square-mile zone stretching from Eighth Street to 28th Street was the fourth and final Zika zone in Miami-Dade County to be cleared.
Although there haven't been any locally transmitted Zika virus cases in more than a month, health and government officials said residents must remain vigilant.
"We will continue to see travelers bringing Zika infections into our state and so we must remain on alert and continue all of the protective efforts that we've been doing that have led to this success," Florida Surgeon General Dr. Celeste Philip said.