2016 Games Face Greater Challenges than Zika, Says Olympic Committee CEO

The mosquito-borne Zika virus "won't be a problem" in Rio de Janiero during the summer Olympic Games, according to Olympic Committee CEO Sidney Levy. "All the statistics show that in the winter months, the Zika mosquito doesn't proliferate," he told VOA's Carol Castiel in an interview conducted by in Washington. It is now winter in the southern hemisphere, where temperatures in Celsius are dipping into the high teens. Early this month, a group of 150...

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