Saturday, 28 May 2016

The World Health Organisation rejects appeal to change the location of Olympics

The World Health Organization has rejected the appeal zyka virus caused scientists to move to another location than the Olympics. More than 100 world scientists should be said that the virus zyكa change the location of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Brazil or postpone them.
* Zyka virus has reached the threshold of Africa.
* Zyka virus Failure to control mosquitoes.
The group of scientists said the World Health Organization (WHO) zyka letter that the new virus is discovered to carry the games 'immoral'.
The World Health Organization said in a statement released by the health status can not be changed zyka Olympics of virus infection rate.






The idea that the virus was transmitted by mosquitoes last year in Brazil, which has now spread to over 60 countries.

The idea is that it can lead to severe birth defects in children with the virus during pregnancy.
People from 150 scientists, doctors and medical sector have signed the letter, many of whom are also from Oxford, Harvard and Yale University.
Scientists have asked to move elsewhere or cancel the 'Rio Olympics in the name of public health.
Zyka virus has been identified as a threat to global public health.
Diagnosis of the disease was in Uganda for the first time since 1947 but had minor symptoms such as joint pain, itching or signs of a fever in 2015, but the current spread of the virus in Brazil on the skin are very severe. So far, 200 children have died from the virus.

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