Lydia Ko drives during the fourth round at Vancouver Golf Club. Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The women's world number one golfer Lydia Ko said she will continue to monitor news of the mosquito-borne Zika virus sweeping across South America before the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in August.
The New Zealander didn't discuss a possible Games pullout and her concerns were for the people in the 23 countries and territories in the Americas that have been hit by the virus strongly linked to the devastating birth defect called microcephaly.
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