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SALEM, N.H. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire is meeting with local and state officials at the Salem Town Hall to discuss preparations combating the Zika virus, should local transmission happen in the state.
Shaheen's office says Salem's program has been highly effective at reducing the threat of the West Nike virus and Eastern Equine Encephalitis.
Eight people in New Hampshire, two of whom are pregnant, have tested positive for the Zika virus as a result of travel, or sexual contact with someone who traveled, to a Zika-affected region.
The meeting comes just days after it was announced that the administration will need to divert funds from health programs to combat the spread of the Zika virus in the United States.
The Democratic senator is meeting with town officials Monday.
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