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<p>NHS England continues to work closely with Public Health England (PHE) and Government
Departments to ensure appropriate advice is provided to the National Health Service
in England in line with the current risk assessment. PHE will provide guidance and
information specifically targeted at primary care and this will be available shortly.
PHE has also produced regular briefing notes for local health protection teams who
have been asked to share this with local NHS.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>PHE has
raised awareness about Zika virus among public health and clinical colleagues within
PHE by circulating a briefing note to all staff. This will support clinicians to identify,
investigate and manage cases that may present in clinical practice. The briefing note
included information about the outbreak in the Americas and the unusual increase in
microcephaly cases in Brazil. It highlighted existing resources available to PHE personnel,
including the PHE Zika virus page:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/zika-virus"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/zika-virus</a></p><p> </p><p>and the National
Travel Health Network and Centre website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://travelhealthpro.org.uk/"
target="_blank">http://travelhealthpro.org.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>An additional training
session will also be provided to the duty doctors in PHE.</p>
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