Thread  RSS Zika worries Olympic committee, Brazil sees dip in travel - Reuters



# 11971 8 years ago on Tue, Feb 2 2016 at 12:03 pm

This was recently in the news.

Reuters

Zika worries Olympic committee, Brazil sees dip in travel

Reuters

RIO DE JANEIRO The Rio 2016 organizing committee is worried about the rapid spread of the Zika virus in Brazil, but said on Tuesday it has not seen evidence of people canceling travel to the Olympics in August. "Tickets have not been returned nor trips ...

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Um... so, yeah.

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# 11973 8 years ago on Tue, Feb 2 2016 at 2:06 pm

I'm surprised at this given the reaction to Ebola and bird flu. An abundance of caution is appropriate until we know more about how Zika spreads.


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