- A World Health Organization panel has elevated the Zika virus to a public health emergency, but spurned calls to postpone or move the 2016 Olympic Games, which are scheduled to begin in Rio de Janeiro in six weeks.
- Brazil is hosting the Games during its winter, when the concentration of mosquitoes that spread Zika and other viruses is low, the committee noted.
- The country is also intensifying its efforts to control mosquitoes around cities and event venues.
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