Resident Luiz Silva takes part in the Olympic Flame torch relay at Sobradinho dam in Sobradinho, Bahia state, Brazil, May 26, 2016. Marcos de Paula/Courtesy of Rio2016/Handout via Reuters
LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 100 medical experts, academia and scientists on Friday have called for the Rio Olympic Games to be postponed or moved because of fears that the event could speed up the spread of the Zika virus around the world.
Their assessment counters the view of some leading experts of infectious disease who say that as long as the necessary precautions are taken there is no reason to cancel the Games. On Thursday, Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, declared there was no public health reason to cancel or delay this summer's Games.
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