No evidence of Olympic Zika spread, WHO committee says


A truck sprays insecticide near grounds workers at Olympic media accomodations as part of preventive measures against the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Chris Helgren

GENEVA (Reuters) - Singapore has handled its Zika outbreak in a textbook fashion so far, while the United States could see the disease spread beyond Florida despite mosquito-control measures, officials at the World Health Organization said on Friday.

Speaking after a meeting of the WHO's emergency committee on Zika, its chairman David Heymann said the disease continued to constitute an international health emergency although the risk to people attending the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro this month was low.

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