The Get Ready Report speaks to Ben Beard, branch chief for the Bacterial Diseases Branch in the Division of Vector-Borne Disease at the National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases about what Americans should know about Zika.

In this episode of APHA’s Get Ready Report, we speak with Jill Holdsworth, MS, CIC, NREMT, chair of the emergency preparedness committee for the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, about how Americans can protect themselves against Zika virus. Holdsworth is interviewed by Daniel Greenberg, senior communications specialist at APHA