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Vigilance against Zika virus should ‘remain high,’ UN health agency says in new guidance

Mar 11, 2017, at 01:49 pm

New York, Mar 11 (Just Earth News): Although a decline in cases of Zika virus infection has been reported in some countries, there is still a need for heightened vigilance, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Friday, issuing fresh guidance on the virus that has been linked to birth defects and neurological complications.

UN agency to train dozens of experts on nuclear-related techniques to identify Zika

Apr 06, 2016, at 01:11 pm

New York, Apr 6 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations atomic energy agency plans to train dozens of participants this month from mostly Latin America and Caribbean countries on how to use nuclear-derived techniques to detect the Zika virus in as short a time as three hours.

WHO convenes emergency meeting to address 'dramatic' spread of Zika virus

Jan 29, 2016, at 02:45 pm

New York, Jan 29 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday called an emergency meeting for Monday on the "dramatic" rise in Zika virus infection – strongly suspected of causing birth malformations – warning that its "explosive" spread could eventually infect up to four million people before it is brought under control.

Twenty countries in the Americas reporting cases of Zika virus: WHO

Jan 23, 2016, at 02:19 pm

New York, Jan 23 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Twenty countries in the Americas and about 10 in Africa, Asia and the Pacific have reported cases of the mosquito-borne Zika virus infection according to information delivered on Friday by the UN World Health Organization (WHO).