Delaware will be using some $813-thousand in grant money from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to combat the Zika virus.
The funds will allow the First State to hire a new epidemiologist and physician to fight the virus.
It will also help fund the efforts to trap mosquitos and test samples.
$180-thousand will go for the epidemiologist and a part time physician.
Another $270-thousand will go to a lab for testing, planning and surveillance while $166-thousand will directly pay for mosquito control.
The News Journal reports that so far 11 people have been diagnosed with the Zika virus in Delaware all contracting it will traveling outside the country.
The Wilmington News Journal reports that Dr. Karyl Rattay, director of the Delaware Division of Public Health, has said that local transmission is possible.
