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Ex-Nato commander James Stavridis. AFP
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Airline passengers walk past a thermal scanner for body temperature shortly after landing from Singapore at Soekarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta, Indonesia August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Beawiharta
China Offers “Free Screening” on Arrivals from Singapore amid Zika Outbreak
China’s quarantine authorities said on Wednesday that they will offer free health screenings for travellers arriving from Singapore amid an outbreak of the Zika virus in the country. The quarantine bureau did not specify whether the screenings would be mandatory. The...Caption:
A medical researcher works on results of tests for preventing the spread of the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases at the Gorgas Memorial institute for Health Studies laboratory in Panama City. Reuters
Singapore Urges Tests for Pregnant Women with Zika Signs
Singapore urged pregnant women showing symptoms of fever or rashes to have themselves tested for the Zika virus Wednesday after the number of confirmed cases in the city-state soared to 82. The mosquito-borne Zika virus, which has caused explosive outbreaks in the...Caption:
A technician of Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) inspects an Aedes aegypti mosquito in Recife, Brazil, January 27, 2016. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
WHO Shuns Call to Shift Olympics Due to Zika
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday ruled out any change in timing or the location of the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, putting down a call by doctors and scientists to move or postpone the games due to the threat posed by the large outbreak of...Caption:
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim . AFP