CDC: Olympics Highly Unlikely To Cause Zika Outbreaks Worldwide.

reports that the 2016 Olympic Games “are highly unlikely to spread Zika worldwide, federal officials said, noting that the 500,000 people expected to travel to Brazil for the August games account for less than 1% of all international travel to Zika-affected areas.” According to a new analysis by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only 19 of the more than 200 countries that are sending delegations to the games are vulnerable to travel-related Zika outbreaks “because those countries don’t yet have Zika outbreaks, but have climates and mosquito populations that could allow the virus to spread.” However, most of these countries already have substantial travel to Zika-affected regions so the increased risk that comes from the Olympics is minimal. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/07/13/cdc-olympics-unlikely-spread-zika-worldwide/87025336/