KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It appears mosquitoes in Florida are now carrying the Zika virus. The governor announced on Friday that four mysterious Zika infections came from mosquitoes in the Miami area.

More than 1,600 Zika infections have been reported in the U.S.– but the four patients in Florida would be the first with no link to travel outside the U.S. mainland.

Zika primarily spreads through bites from mosquitoes. The virus has been connected to severe brain related birth defects for unborn babies.

Some blood banks in Florida are no longer accepting donations.

That issue not a big concern as the circus takes over one blood drive at Prairie Fire in Overland Park, but the impact of the Zika virus can impact blood donations across the U.S. — including Kansas City.

This is why donation sites are taking abundance of caution for donors.

“It`s such a simple thing, that can make such a difference,” says Mikki Fritz, a blood donor.

“I`ve got B negative, so usually they`re looking for that,” added JoAnn Lambert, another donor.

The American Red Cross says every two seconds; someone in the U.S. needs blood.

“We are using blood as fast as we are getting it, especially throughout the summer, it is a great deal to make sure the hospitals are supplied with it, and have enough to give to the patients that need it,” said Andrea Derank, with the American Red Cross.

Summer is always a time when the need for blood is up, and Derank says with the Zika virus making its way into the country — the need’s even greater.

“It does throw out a lot of people, because summer time is the highest travel time, everybody`s going on vacation, so a lot of those people cannot donate due to where they did travel,” Derank added. “We are taking precautions for it, though, we`re asking anybody that`s traveled outside the United States to certain countries to not donate for at least four weeks.”

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says as of July 27, there were more than 850 pregnant women with evidence of Zika virus in the U.S.

But many blood donors don’t seem too concerned.

“Being in the U.S., first world country, we`ve got a lot of precautions already, Zika virus originated in places where they didn`t have a lot of the things that we have, like very simple, clean access to water,” said Tom Obrien, a blood donor.

“The blood will be tested, and if you have the Zika virus, that blood will be thrown away,” Anthony Carpino said, who is also donating blood.

“I trust that they know what they`re doing,” added Fritz.

“We do over 30 different tests after we draw your blood, we draw six different sample tubes, we test those once they go to the lab, and we test all different things just to make sure it is safe to go to somebody that does need it,” said Derank.

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