Zika virus outbreak IS a 'global public health emergency', says WHO
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February 2, 2016 |
Health |
- Outbreak of the Zika virus is a global public health emergency, the World Health Organisation warned today
- The alert puts the mosquito-borne disease in the same category as Ebola, which killed 11,000 people in West Africa
- Experts predict there could be four million cases of the virus, which has spread to 23 countries, this year
- WHO director general Dr Margaret Chan called it an ‘extraordinary event’
