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Brazil urges joint Zika fght, airlines oer reunds

RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil urged its neigh!ors "ednesda# to unite in fghting the

Zika $irus, !la%ed or a surge in !rain&da%aged !a!ies, as airlines oered

reunds to 'regnant %others araid to tra$el to the region( As alar% rose o$er thelatest )orld health s*are, + -resident Bara*k O!a%a *alled or aster resear*h

on the .ui*k&%o$ing $irus, )hi*h has ine*ted tra$elers ro% the +nited tates

and Euro'e( Brazil has !een the *ountr# hardest hit !# the out!reak o the

%os.uito&!orne $irus, )hi*h is !la%ed or a shar' rise in inants !orn )ith

%i*ro*e'hal#, or a!nor%all# s%all heads( /he out!reak is 'arti*ularl# *on*erning

o0*ials as the *ountr# 're'ares to host the Ol#%'i*s, )hi*h )ill !ring hundreds

o thousands o tra$elers ro% around the )orld to Rio de Janeiro in August( Zika

has s'read to so%e 12 *ountries in 3atin A%eri*a and the "orld 4ealth

Organization 5"4O6 e7'e*ts it to s'read to e$er# *ountr# in the A%eri*as e7*e't

8anada and 8hile( Den%ark and )itzerland joined a gro)ing nu%!er o

Euro'ean *ountries to re'ort Zika ine*tions a%ong tra$elers returning ro% 3atinA%eri*a( /here is *urrentl# no s'e*if* treat%ent or Zika and no )a# to 're$ent

it other than a$oiding %os.uito !ites( Brazilian -resident Dil%a Rousse said she

had asked a su%%it o the 99&%e%!er 8o%%unit# o 3atin A%eri*an and

8ari!!ean tates 58E3A86 to laun*h :*oo'erati$e a*tion in the fght against the

Zika $irus(; An A%eri*an Airlines s'okes%an said the *o%'an# )as oering

reunds to 'regnant )o%en )ith

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'ro$en, !ut its dire*tor general >argaret 8han *alled the 'ossi!ilit# :e7tre%el#

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