On January 28 in Geneva, the World Health Organization (WHO) holds a meeting on urgent measures to combat Zika virus, which spreads across the Carribean region and the Latin America (Radio Liberty).
WHO management decided to hold the session after U.S. scientists said there is a threat of pandemic of Zika fever.
The disease is transmitted by daytime-active mosquitoes and causes inborn defects in children. The defects may lead to brain malfunctions and death. The virus is especially dangerous for the pregnant; scientists say it can cause microcephalism to a fetus.
Currently, the sickness cases are reported in more than 20 countries of the Carribean region, North and South America. Another case most recently was reported in Europe.
Watch the video:
WHO takes measures to fight Zika virusOn January 28 in Geneva, the World Health Organization (WHO) holds a meeting on urgent measures to combat the Zika virus, which spreads across the Carribean region and the Latin America. The WHO management decided to hold the session after U.S. scientists said there is a threat of pandemic of Zika fever.Read more: http://112.international/society/fighting-zika-virus-in-brazil-who-takes-urgent-measures-2341.html
Опубліковано 112.UA International 28 січня 2016 р.
No treatment or vaccine against Zika has been found yet. The only way to cope with the virus is to terminate the insects that spread the disease.
The virus was first isolated in 1947 from a rhesus macaque in the Zika Forest of Uganda and in 1968 was isolated for the first time from humans in Nigeria. No sickness cases were reported in the Americas until 2014.
