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WHO says Zika virus caught it unprepared again

Tiến sĩ Marie-Paule Kieny
Tiến sĩ Marie-Paule Kieny Source: AAP

The World Health Organization says, despite pledging to improve its emergency-response systems after the Ebola crisis, it was not prepared to deal properly with the Zika virus.


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By Phillippa Carisbrooke, Phan Bach

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The World Health Organization says, despite pledging to improve its emergency-response systems after the Ebola crisis, it was not prepared to deal properly with the Zika virus.


The admission has come at a meeting in Switzerland, where scientists and public-health experts have been assessing the international response to Zika.

 


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