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 WHO emergency committee
to meet on Zika on Feb 1
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[January 28, 2016]
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health
Organization will convene an emergency committee on the international
response to the Zika virus outbreak that is suspected of a link to birth
defects in Brazil, WHO chief Margaret Chan said on Thursday.
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Chan said the disease had gone from a mild threat to one of
"alarming proportions", and the committee would help determine the
appropriate level of international response and research priorities.
(Reporting by Tom Miles; Editing by Alison Williams)
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