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WHO declares Zika an 'international public health emergency'

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Prof David L. Heymann (L), Chair of the Emergency Committee, and Margaret Chan (R), WHO General Director
Prof David L. Heymann (L), Chair of the Emergency Committee, and Margaret Chan (R), WHO General Director Source: AAP

The World Health Organisation has declared the mosquito-borne Zika virus to be an international public health emergency.

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The World Health Organisation has declared the mosquito-borne Zika virus to be an international public health emergency.

The decision comes as the disease - linked to thousands of birth defects in Brazil - continues to spread rapidly.

 

 

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