Zika virus WHO declared a global threat – RBC

During the medical examination of the child in Brazil

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Announce virus Zika global crisis recommended the committee of independent experts of the United Nations after allegations that the epidemic is still not opposed to decisive action, reports Reuters.

The move should help accelerate international action and to give priority to research on the disease and the creation of drugs against her.

The World Health Organization last week admitted that the number of infections virus Zika in South and North America could reach three to four million, including 1, 5 million cases in Brazil.

Zika virus is transmitted through mosquito bites. Special danger it poses to pregnant women, because the infection causes brain damage in newborns. Approximately 80% of those infected have no symptoms of the disease, which is why pregnant women are difficult to guess about the disease. The natural focus of Zika virus are tropical regions of Asia and Africa. Symptoms of the disease are fever, headache and muscle pain.

Earlier it was reported six cases Zika virus in the United States. The virus is found and the Dane, who returned from a trip to Mexico and Brazil. It became known cases of infection in three Britons who had traveled to South America.