Zika virus outbreak won’t compromise Olympics
13 February 2016 |
3:50 pm
The Zika virus outbreak in Brazil won't compromise the Olympics the country will be hosting in August, President Dilma Rousseff vowed Saturday. "The situation does not compromise the Olympics," Rousseff said. "We are confident that until the Olympics begin we will have considerable success in exterminating the mosquito" that transmits the virus.
The Zika virus outbreak in Brazil won’t compromise the Olympics the country will be hosting in August, President Dilma Rousseff vowed Saturday.
“The situation does not compromise the Olympics,” Rousseff said. “We are confident that until the Olympics begin we will have considerable success in exterminating the mosquito” that transmits the virus.
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