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Kathy Castor: “The Zika outbreak began in Brazil nearly a year ago, and it's rapidly spread across the Americas.”

On the recordMarch 1, 2016
The Zika outbreak began in Brazil nearly a year ago, and it's rapidly spread across the Americas.
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Kathy Castor
Democratic · Florida

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Castor expresses concern about the Zika virus spreading to Puerto Rico.

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