The World Bank Group on Thursday announced that it has provided 150 million U.S. dollars to help countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to combat the Zika virus outbreak.The Washington-based global lender said in a statement that this funding, which is immediately available, is based on current country demands for financing and the bank "stands ready to increase its support" if additional financing is needed.
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) alerted yesterday all airport operators and authorities to take the necessary precautions against the Zika virus, which has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Legislative Assembly of Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) passed a bill on Wednesday to add Zika virus into the official list of notifiable infectious diseases as the mosquito-borne disease has posed global threat recently.
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday issued new guidelines for blood banks intended to help prevent the contamination of the nation’s blood supply with the Zika virus.
At Baiyun International Airport in south China's Guangzhou, four infrared devices on the ceiling read body temperatures, sending signals to a nearby monitor.
China confirmed a second imported Zika case Monday, six days after the first was detected, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) said.
Brazil's Health Ministry confirmed Thursday the death of a third adult due to the Zika virus. Although the 20-year-old woman in the northern state of Rio Grande do Norte died in April 2015, the results of tests were just revealed.
Australian health authorities have again urged pregnant women not to undertake international travel after a pregnant woman in Queensland state became infected with the Zika virus, local media reported Thursday.
Countries and organizations around the world have announced heightened measures to minimize the threat of the Zika virus and curb its further spread.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday raised the activation level of its Emergency Operations Center to Level 1, its highest state of alert, as President Barack Obama requested 1.8 billion U.S. dollars in emergency funding to fight the fast-spreading Zika virus.
As Zika virus continues to spread in the Americas, the government and research organizations in Britain have all taken actions to tackle the potential health threat posed by the virus.
Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Wednesday that it has introduced additional measures to reduce the risk of the Zika virus taking root in Singapore.
Asia has gone on Zika alert as Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines and Hong Kong stepped up their defences against the mosquito-borne virus, which has spread extensively in the Americas, where up to four million cases are expected this year.
First case of Zika virus contracted in US mainland, confirmed in Texas, is only second documented example of virus being passed through sexual contact
The first locally transmitted case of Zika virus in the United States has been reported in a county in Texas, the county's health department said Tuesday.
An expert from World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said Brazil reported 10-fold Zika-linked microcephaly cases than average, following the UN health agency declared the cluster of microcephaly and other neurological disorders in relation to the Zika virus as public health emergency of international concern.
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