Travel warning over Zika virus

Australians travelling overseas are being cautioned about the rising spread of mosquito-borne viruses. It comes after an increased outbreak of Zika virus which is transmitted to people through mosquito bites. The Zika virus is being blamed for a surge in the number of babies born with deformed, abnormally small heads. It comes as the United States extends travel warnings to pregnant women to parts of Africa and Oceania, with Australians, too, advised to exercise a high degree of caution in Brazil.

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