Obama Administration to Shift Ebola Funds to Zika Virus Fight

 

By Maggie Fox

Federal officials said Wednesday they're raiding $500 million in money aimed at fighting Ebola to use against Zika instead because Congress won't approve new Zika funding.

They said the risk of Zika is too serious to keep fighting to get Congress to appropriate the $1.9 billion the Obama administration has asked for. But they said they'd continue urging Congress to OK the full amount.

"Nearly two months have passed and the situation continues to grow more critical," Shaun Donovan, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, told reporters on a conference call.

"Today we reiterate our call on Congress to take immediate action to provide the full requested amount. We must scale up Zika prevention activity right now." 

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Source: NBC News