Delaying Rio Games would give 'false security' on Zika - WHO panel head

A dancer performs as he wears one of the 2016 Rio Olympics team's uniform that were presented by Rio 2016 Organizing Committee in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 12, 2016. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares - RTX2E26Z

GENEVA (Reuters) - Postponing the Rio Olympics due to fears that the event could speed the spread of the Zika virus would give a "false" sense of security because travellers are constantly going in and out of Brazil, the head of the World Health Organization's emergency committee said.

More than 100 medical experts and scientists called last Friday for the Rio Games to be postponed or moved due to fears over the spread of the virus, which is linked to serious birth defects.. The WHO rejected their call.