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Zika spread during Olympics considered low: WHO


There is a very low risk of further international spread of Zika virus as a result of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in  Brazil, the World Health Organization’s emergency committee says.

Brazil will be hosting the Games during the country’s winter when the intensity of transmission of the virus will be minimal and mosquito-control measures in Olympic and ParaOlympic venues will further cut the risk of transmission, the United Nations public health agency said Tuesday. 

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