IOC confident the mosquito-borne virus won’t affect the Games, even as Brazilian officials and WHO ramp up warnings.
What is the Zika virus?
Thousands of people in Central and South America and the Caribbean are infected with the Zika virus.
30 Jul 2016
Source : Al Jazeera
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