WHO rejects call for Rio 2016 postponement over Zika crisis

The World Health Organization (WHO) has fired back at a call from a group of more than 100 leading scientists for the 2016 Olympics to be postponed or moved from Rio de Janeiro due to the Zika crisis, stating holding the Games as planned would not “significantly alter” the spread of the virus.

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