Cuba Deploys 9,000 Troops in Effort to Ward Off Zika Virus

President Raul Castro called on all Cubans on Monday to help eradicate the mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus and ordered 9,000 army troops to help stave off the disease. Cuba has yet to detect a case of Zika, but the outbreak is affecting large parts of Latin America and the Caribbean and is likely to spread to all countries in the Americas except for Canada and Chile, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. "It's necessary for every single Cuban to take up this...

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