The head of the World Health Organization expressed confidence that Brazil can host the Rio Olympics safely despite the Zika threat, while warning of a long battle against the mosquito-borne virus, AFP reports.
Margaret Chan praised the Brazilian government's efforts to stamp out mosquitoes and its coordination with various international bodies, including the WHO and the International Olympic Movement, ahead of the Games' August 5 kickoff.
We must "make sure that people who come here either for the Games as a visitor, as a participant or athletes, will get the maximum protection they need," she said after meeting with President Dilma Rousseff and several ministers in the capital Brasilia.
"And I'm confident that the government can do it."