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Rio Olympics Not Threatened by Zika Virus - Brazilian President

© AP Photo / Silvia IzquierdoViviane Oliveira, who's three months pregnant, dances next to a sign that reads in Portuguese : "Get out Zika" during a street carnival on Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016
Viviane Oliveira, who's three months pregnant, dances next to a sign that reads in Portuguese : Get out Zika during a street carnival on Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said that the Zika virus will not affect the upcoming Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Workers holds a flag that reads in portugues Out Zika as part of a campaign to warn people about the spread of the Zika virus during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016 - Sputnik International
Zika Virus Unlikely to Affect 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said Saturday that she believed that the upcoming Olympics in the country would not be threatened by the Zika virus, and the country would have success in mosquito extermination before then.

Brazil hosts the first Olympic Games in South America on August 5-21 in Rio de Janeiro.

Rousseff said she believed in "great awareness from sports authorities, with respect to the fact that this situation does not threaten the Olympics. We think we can have considerable success in mosquito extermination before the Olympics," as quoted by A Tarde daily.

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The Zika virus is transmitted by mosquitoes active in daytime. It does not cause serious complications in adults, but is suspected of leading to severe brain defects and microcephaly cases in newborns.

The current Zika outbreak originated in Brazil in the spring of 2015, spread across Latin America and gained widespread media attention as confirmations of first cases emerged in Europe and the United States in recent weeks.

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency last week after the virus spread across dozens of countries and first cases of Zika’s sexual transmission emerged.

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