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Zika Could Be Become Pandemic – US Scientists

US scientists have warned that the Zika virus could become an ‘explosive pandemic’. Writing in a US medical journal, they called on the World Health … Continue reading Zika Could Be Become Pandemic – US Scientists


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zika virus 4US scientists have warned that the Zika virus could become an ‘explosive pandemic’.

Writing in a US medical journal, they called on the World Health Organization to heed lessons from the Ebola outbreak and convene an emergency committee of disease experts.

The scientists said that a vaccine might be ready for testing in two years, but it could be a decade before it is publicly available.

Zika, linked to shrunken brains in children, has caused panic in Brazil. Thousands of people had been infected there and it has spread to about 20 countries.

The BBC reported that the Brazilian President, Dilma Roussef, urged Latin America to unite in combating the virus.

She told a summit in Ecuador that sharing knowledge about the disease was the only way that it would be beaten. A meeting of Regional Health Ministers has been called for next week.