WHO said in a statement that the new standards would address issues relating to ethics, safety, affordability and efficacy.
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Twenty-five new cases were linked to the initial outbreak area, one was linked to a potential new cluster and the remaining new case had no known links to any existing cluster, the Ministry of Health and National Environment Agency said in a joint statement
‘There is a potential new cluster involving one previously reported case and a new case today…,” the statement said.
Zika infections in pregnant women have been shown to cause microcephaly – a severe birth defect in which the head and brain are undersized – as well as other brain abnormalities
At a news conference in Geneva, the head of WHO’s health emergency programme, Peter Salama, said: “We don’t have any confirmed cases of Zika amongst travellers or amongst indeed athletes
Experts are worried that the virus is spreading far and fast, with devastating consequences