Rio Olympic committee holds press conference on Zika virus

An official makes remarks concerning the Zika virus, recently declared an international public health emergency by the World Health Organization, at a press conference held by the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic organizing committee in the Brazilian city on Feb. 2, 2016. Officials said that although the mosquito-borne virus is unlikely to spread during the Olympics, which falls during the winter season in Brazil, they will continue to steadily exterminate the mosquitoes to contain the virus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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