Rio authorities anticipation Zika virus spread during the Olympics


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  1. Rio de Janeiro authorities have announced plans to prevent the spread of the virus Zika during the Olympic Games to be held this year.
  2. Outbreaks of disease caused by mosquito bites - which is associated with birth defects in newborns - have raised concerns in Brazil and the international community.
  3. Inspection of the facility will begin four months before the Olympics, to eradicate mosquito breeding.
  4. Extermination of mosquito larva will also be done every day for the world sports event was held.
  5. But fogging will be an option in dealing with individual cases due to concerns over the health of the athletes and visitors.
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  8. Fumigation is done to eradicate the virus Zika
  9. Brazilian Health Minister said the Games will also be held in August, which is usually not a lot of mosquitoes breed.
  10. Notifications submitted by the authorities Rio comes amid concerns tarhadap Zika case in America, from the international community.
  11. Brazil is the largest region of the spread of the virus that cause disability in newborn babies, of mothers who are bitten by mosquitoes such as pregnancy.
  12. US health agency, Canada and the European Union have issued a warning to pregnant women to avoid traveling to Brazil and other countries in America which found cases of Zika virus spread.
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  15. Babies born with small heads are expected to encounter difficulties in his life.
  16. What the Zika virus?
  17. Spread through the mosquito Aedes aegypti, which also cause dengue fever and yellow fever.
  18. First discovered in Africa in the 1940s but is now spreading to Latin America.
  19. Scientists say there is the discovery of evidence related to microcephaly, which causes babies born with small heads.
  20. Zika virus causes fever and spots, which most people have no symptoms and no known cure.
  21. One of them is a way to eradicate Zika clearing stagnant water where mosquitoes breed, and preventing mosquito bites.

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