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Brazil confirms Olympics will go ahead despite Zika outbreak

Aug 20, 2019

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MaSovaida is a travel journalist whose wayfaring tendencies have taken her to more than 55 countries across all seven continents. As a Lonely Planet author, she contributes to guidebooks on destinations throughout Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas. Prior to going freelance in 2018, MaSovaida spent four years in-house at Lonely Planet's Nashville office as a Destination Editor, where she oversaw all of the company's content on South America and Antarctica. Previously, she …
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Authorities in Brazil have confirmed that there is no possibility that the Olympic Games, taking place from 5-21 August, will be cancelled because of the Zika virus outbreak.

President Dilma Rousseff's chief of staff Jaques Wagner has stressed that those coming to Brazil for the games - spectators and athletes - face zero risk unless they are pregnant women. President Rousseff has authorized health and sanitation inspectors to use force and call in the police if necessary to gain access to private buildings to eradicate breeding grounds for mosquitoes. The Brazilian health ministry says that 25 percent of the country's 49 million homes have already been inspected. Read more: bbc.com

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