Dominican Air Force personnel fumigate various locations in Santo Domingo against mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus, on January 23, 2016. - AFP / Erika Santelices
Geneva (AFP) - The World Health Organization's emergency committee will on Monday debate whether a Zika virus outbreak suspected of causing a surge in serious birth defects in South America should be considered a global health emergency.
The UN health agency warned last week that the mosquito-borne virus was "spreading explosively" in the Americas, with the region expected to see up to four million cases this year.
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