WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. state of Florida said Thursday it has identified a new local transmission area of the Zika virus in Miami.
Governor Rick Scott of Florida said in a statement five people, two women and three men, has been infected with Zika in the one-square-mile (2.6-square-kilometer) area of Miami-Dade County.
""Today's announcement of a new area in Miami of ongoing local transmission of the Zika virus underscores the urgent need for federal funding to combat the Zika virus,"" Scott said.
""It has been two weeks since federal funding to fight Zika was approved by Congress and signed by President (Barack) Obama. However, Florida has not yet received a dime. We don't need bureaucratic timelines -- we need funding now.""
Currently, Miami-Dade County remained the only area in the U.S. with ongoing active transmissions of Zika.
Florida has allocated 61.2 million U.S. dollars in state funds to combat Zika, including 12.6 million dollars to Miami-Dade County, according to Scott.
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KIEV David Johnson Youth Jersey , March 10 (Xinhua) -- The Ukrainian government has slashed its estimate for the country's gross domestic product (GDP) growth this year to 1 percent, down from an earlier projection of 2 percent, Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko announced on Thursday.
"Now, we only may talk about a 1-percent growth, not a 2-percent increase as it was estimated earlier," Jaresko said during the 12th Dragon Capital investment conference in Kiev.
As the main reason for the downward revision Chase Edmonds Youth Jersey , Jaresko noted falling global prices on Ukraine's main exports items -- agricultural and metallurgy products.
According to the preliminary official data, last year, the Ukrainian economy fell 10.4 percent after edging down 6.8 percent in 2014.
The Chinese government on Thursday released an updated policy paper on Latin America and the Caribbean, the breadth of which shows China's confidence in building an international community of common destiny, experts said.
The document of diplomacy directions was issued because "China has entered a crucial stage in achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation," and "The development of China cannot be possible without the development of other developing countries Mason Cole Youth Jersey , including countries in Latin America and the Caribbean," according to the paper.
The previous document was released in 2008 and was not as comprehensive.
The new paper was released just as President Xi Jinping wrapped up his trip to three Latin American nations: Ecuador, Peru and Chile. Xi's visit heightened China-Latin America relations to a new level, experts said.
The paper covers comprehensive and diversified fields of cooperation between China and Latin America, and addresses many new areas, such as maritime and space cooperation.
"I don't see that anything has been ignored in the paper Christian Kirk Youth Jersey , it almost covers every field we can think of," Jiang Shixue, director of the Latin American Studies Center at Shanghai University, told the Global Times on Thursday.
The paper states that China will actively explore cooperation between the two sides in "communication and remote sensing satellites, satellite data application, aerospace infrastructure Pat Tillman Womens Jersey , space education and training, and promote space technology application in disaster prevention and mitigation, agricultural and forestry monitoring, climate change and other fields."
On maritime issues, it states China will explore cooperation in "marine science and technology, marine ecological environment protection T. J. Logan Womens Jersey , marine climate change, marine disaster prevention and mitigation and other fields, and carry out marine economic development in accordance with local conditions, so as to promote the development of maritime affairs between China and Latin America."
Many new elements and hot topics in international politics, such as cyber security and implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and global economic governance, are also mentioned Chad Williams Womens Jersey , which shows that the paper is forward-looking, Jiang said.
The paper also expressed that relations between China and the Latin American region are not exclusive but open to "third parties." It said China is ready to carry out trilateral cooperation with relevant countries outside the region and international organizations under the premise that such cooperation is proposed, agreed upon and dominated by countries in the continent.
A "third party" indicates the US, which sees Latin America and the Caribbean as its backyard, Jiang said, though the paper did not mention the name of any specific country.
The US is worried about outsiders getting a foothold on the continent Markus Golden Womens Jersey , said Guo Cunhai, deputy director of Latin American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. "Although Secretary of State John Kerry said the Monroe Doctrine is over, it only means the US will change the measures to control the continent, but its will is not going to be changed."
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On military cooperation, the paper also mentioned counter-terrorism, military trade and military technology for the first time.
"As the US cares most about military cooperation D.J. Humphries Womens Jersey , it is foreseeable that Sino-Latino military cooperation will deepen, from the personnel exchanges of the past to comprehensive cooperation in the future," Guo said.
"It needs to be clarified that Sino-Latin American military cooperation will not target a third party," Guo said. "It only targets non-traditional security problems like terrorism and natural disasters."
Jiang said the paper also stressed that China will treat the whole continent as a community and enhance multilateral cooperation rather than merely focusing on bilateral cooperation with specific countries.
Experts said Latin American countries also need to further develop relations with China.