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Zika: WHO considers risk of infection at the Olympics

Zika: WHO considers risk of infection at the Olympics

Last Tuesday (14) the Emergency Committee on Zika virus of the World Health Organization met in Geneva, Switzerland to talk about issues linked to the disease, including the controversy over the request of some scientists for the postponement of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

On this fact, the official statement of WHO after the meeting was that events involving a large concentration of people offer the same type of risk of contagion by Zika virus than individual exposure to these areas where the virus circulates actively. In addition, they emphasize that public health measures can minimize this risk.

However, the Committee reinforces the advice given by WHO Director-General Margaret Chan earlier:

  • Pregnant women are advised not to travel to sites with transmission active Zika virus and pregnant women whose sexual partners traveled to these places should have sex with protection or abstain from intercourse until the end of pregnancy
  • People traveling to sites with active transmission of Zika virus should be advised of the potential risks of infection and measures that may prevent mosquito bites and sexual transmission of the disease. In addition, upon return to their country they should take special care, such as having sex with protection to avoid transmission of the disease.

The Committee also stressed that given the potential risk of the Zika virus spreading internationally, especially with the Olympic Games and Paralympic, but that studies presented show that the risk of transmission of arboviruses such as the Zika virus and dengue is reduced in the Brazilian winter and that the country is taking measures to control the Aedes aegypti vector of

Finally, the Committee continues to maintain the Zika virus and its relation to microcephaly and Guillain-Barré Syndrome as international health emergencies.


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