health and fitness: Zika virus likely to spread throughout the Americas, says WHO

lundi 25 janvier 2016

Zika virus likely to spread throughout the Americas, says WHO

Only Canada and Chile expected to be free of mosquito-borne disease suspected of causing brain damage to babies in Brazil

The mosquito-borne Zika virus, which is suspected of causing brain damage to babies in Brazil, is likely to spread to all countries in the Americas except for Canada and Chile, the World Health Organisation has said.

Zika has not yet been reported in the continental US, although a woman who fell ill with the virus in Brazil later gave birth to a brain-damaged baby in Hawaii.