acting strongly and swiftly,... the worldhealth organization has declared the zika virus a global public health emergency.at present,... the who says the most important protective measures are the control of mosquitoesand the prevention of mosquito bites,... especially in pregnant women.kim mok-yeon with the details. the world health organization has declaredthe mosquito-borne zika virus a "public health emergency of international concern".the announcement came after an emergency meeting in geneva on monday made up of twelve healthexperts from the united states, europe and asia. "i am now declaring that the recent clusterof microcephaly and other neurological abnormalities
reported in latin america, following a similarcluster of french polynesia in 2014 constitutes a public health emergency of internationalconcern." who officials say the emergency has been calledover the cluster of serious brain defects in unborn babies thought to be caused by thevirus. brazil's health minister says local researchersthink zika is the cause of the roughly 37-hundred confirmed and suspected microcephaly casesin brazil, but the link has not yet been scientifically proven.he added that the virus cannot be transmitted from person-to-person, but only through mosquitoes. since there is no known vaccine or cure yet,authorities say the only way to avoid contamination
it is to avoid getting bitten by the aedesmosquitoes that transmit the infection. with the who predicting up to four millioninfections by the end of the year, traveling and trading activities to infected countriescould be restricted, but that hasn't happened yet.with the 2016 rio olympics just six months away,... panic is spreading,... particularlyamong female athletes, spectators and journalists. the brazilian government has advised pregnantwomen to stay away from rio until the outbreak is brought under control.the russian and australian teams have also told females athletes to consider carefullyif they want to take part in the games. kim mok-yeon, arirang news.
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