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Zika epidemic 'clearly' on the decline in Brazil: WHO

Published: 25 Apr 2016 - 02:22 pm | Last Updated: 10 Nov 2021 - 12:08 pm
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The Zika virus is mainly spread via the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquito The Zika virus is mainly spread via the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquito (AFP Photo/Marvin Recinos)


Paris: The Zika outbreak in Brazil is "clearly on the decline", a World Health Organization official said Monday.

"The epidemic is clearly on the decline in Brazil, also in Colombia and Cape Verde," WHO assistant director general Marie-Paule Kieny told journalists at a Zika science conference in Paris. She provided no numbers.

AFP