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ByJenniferKay The Associated Press MIAMI Floridahealthof- ficials have trapped mos- quitoes in an area of Mi- ami-Dade County and are testing them for Zika to determine whether a woman with the virus could be the first person infected directly by a mos- quito bite in the continen- tal United States. Florida's Department of Health and the U.S. Cen- ters for Disease Control and Prevention did not immediately respond to questions about their in- vestigation, but health of- ficials said the case had no apparent connection to travel outside the country. The patient is a woman who lives in Miami-Dade County, according to a health official familiar with the case who wasn't authorized to reveal de- tails beyond the state- ments of the agencies in- volved, and thus spoke on condition of anonymity. "Mosquitoes have been trapped in the area of in- vestigation and are being tested," Health Depart- ment spokeswoman Mara Gambineri said in an email Wednesday to The Associated Press. She did not say when the results might be known. More than 1,300 Zika infections have been re- ported in the U.S., none involving bites from local mosquitoes; 14 of these were sexually transmitted, and one lab worker was in- fected by a needle stick. Health officials pre- dicted that would change this summer once the vi- rus reaches U.S. mosqui- toes, and have mobilized to keep Zika from spread- ing beyond isolated clus- ters of cases. President Barack Obama spoke by phone with Florida Gov. Rick Scott regarding the new Zika case, noting that the CDC already provided $2 million to Florida and an- ticipates awarding an- other $5.6 million in Zika funding through a grant this week, the White House said. Mosquito-control in- spectors have been con- stantly working on abate- ment in the investigation area since they learned of the infection, and planned more truck spray- ing Thursday, said Gayle Love, a spokeswoman for Miami-Dade County Solid Waste Management. Miami-Dade County has the most confirmed infections in Florida — 89 — but so far all have in- volved someone who trav- eled outside the U.S. main- land to areas with Zika outbreaks, such as Latin America and the Carib- bean. According to a CDC re- sponse plan, health offi- cials would want to see more than just one un- explained case before de- claring that someone has been infected by a mos- quito bite in the continen- tal United States. The plan suggests there should be two or more cases within a 1-mile area in people who do not live together, who did not have sex with Zika-infected people and who did not re- cently travel to countries with Zika outbreaks. Evidence of the virus in mosquitoes captured in the same areas also might help investigators declare Zika is spreading, but short of that, it might be difficult to determine with certainty that mos- quito transmission has occurred. There is no vaccine for Zika. The virus causes only a mild and brief ill- ness in most people, but it can provoke fetal death and severe brain defects in the children of women in- fected during pregnancy. The main defense is to avoid mosquito bites. It also can be transmitted through unprotected sex with someone who is in- fected, so health officials worldwide have advised people preparing to have children against travel to high-risk areas. These and other warn- ings have applied to coun- tries and regions where Zika outbreaks are se- vere. It remains to be seen how many Zika in- fections would have to be confirmed before author- ities issue similar warn- ings for areas within the U.S. mainland. VIRUS Floridamosquitoesbeingtested for Zika to confirm US bite By Suzan Fraser and Sarah El Deeb The Associated Press ANKARA, TURKEY Turkey will be able to extend de- tention times for suspects and issue decrees without parliamentary approval un- der a three-month state of emergency approved Thurs- day by lawmakers following last week's attempted mili- tary coup. Parliament voted 346- 115 to approve the national state of emergency, which gives sweeping new powers to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had been accused of autocratic con- duct even before this week's crackdown on alleged op- ponents. Erdogan has said the state of emergency will counter threats to Turkish democracy. Even without the emer- gency measures, his gov- ernment has already im- posed a crackdown that has included mass arrests, mass firings and the closure of hundreds of schools. Er- dogan said the new powers would allow the government to rid the military of the "vi- rus" of subversion, blaming the coup attempt on a U.S.- based Muslim cleric, Fethul- lah Gulen. The cleric has de- nied any knowledge of the attempted coup. "This is a state of emer- gency imposed not on the people, but on (the state) it- self," declared Prime Minis- ter Binali Yildirim. "We will, one by one, cleanse the state of (Gulen's followers) and eliminate those who are trying to harm the country." The government hopes the state of emergency will be lifted within 40 to 45 days, said Yildirim's deputy, Numan Kurtulmus. Turkey immediately said it was partially suspend- ing the European Conven- tion on Human Rights, al- lowing it more leeway to deal with individual cases, by invoking an article most recently used by France and Ukraine. The Council of Europe said it had been informed of Turkey's deci- sion, and that the conven- tion will still apply, but that individual exceptions will be assessed on a case-by- case basis. Meanwhile, v ideo emerged of soldiers firing at large protests in Turkey dur- ing the failed coup. Footage from CCTV cameras above a major bridge in Istanbul showed soldiers shooting at a man who had his hands up as he approached tanks that were blocking traffic. Other footage, obtained from the Turkish Dogan news agency, showed a mob attacking surrendering sol- diers over the same bridge after daybreak. Since the July 15 coup at- tempt, the government has arrested nearly 10,000 peo- ple. More than 58,880 civil service employees — in- cluding teachers, univer- sity deans and police — have been dismissed, suspended, forced to resign or had their licenses revoked for alleg- edly being Gulen followers. Turkish state media said Thursday that another 32 judges and two military of- ficers had been detained by authorities. The main opposition Re- publican People's Party, or CHP, slammed the state of emergency move. Speaking ahead of the vote, CHP lawmaker Ozgur Ozel said the decision would amount to a "civil- ian coup" against Parlia- ment and was a display of "ingratitude" to all the leg- islators who had gathered in the assembly Saturday to oppose the coup attempt. Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek defended the move, saying he hoped the state of emer- gency would be short-lived. He said it would be used to go after "rogue" elements within the state and that there would have been "car- nage in the streets" had the military coup succeeded. Simsek said that "stan- dardsoftheEuropeanCourt of Human Rights will be up- held," but didn't elaborate. "There will be no curfews. There will be no restriction of movement other than for the suspects," Simsek said. Amnesty International said it recognized that the government had to take measures to prevent an- other coup attempt, but warned that under the state of emergency, dis- missed civil servants would not be able to challenge the decrees in administrative courts and detention peri- ods would be extended. COUP AFTERMATH Turkish lawmakers give leader Erdogan sweeping new powers LEFTERISPITARAKIS—THEASSOCIATEDPRESSFILE A Turkish police officer scans the area from a platform, backdropped by posters of Turkish Republic founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, le , and Turkey's current President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, during a political rally of AKP. RICK BOWMER — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A member of the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District handles a fish that eats mosquito larvae on Wednesday in Salt Lake City. P.O.Box220 Red Bluff, CA 96080 Support our classrooms, keep kids reading. 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