Tuesday, February 02, 2016

WHO declares Zika virus global health emergency

The World Health Organization declared the Zika virus a global public health emergency on Monday, following a recommendation by a committee of independent experts.

“I am now declaring that the recent cluster of microcephaly and other neurological abnormalities reported in Latin America following a similar cluster in French Polynesia in 2014 constitutes a public health emergency of international concern,” WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said on Monday .... https://www.rt.com