The World Health Organization will convene an emergency committee on the international response to the Zika virus outbreak that is supected of a link to birth defects in Brazil, WHO chief Margaret Chan said on Thursday.
Chan said the disease had gone from a mild threat to one of “alarming proportions”, and the committee would help determine the appropriate level of international response and research priorities.
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Source:: http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/zika-who-emergency-meeting-1.3423320?cmp=rss
