Zika Virus Officially A ‘Pandemic’ – National Institutes Of Health
The National Institutes of Health has officially declared that the Zika virus outbreak is at pandemic levels, as the World Health Organization (WHO) have warned that the virus could infect four million people in the months ahead. The virus has spread to at least 23 countries so far, including the U.S., with 31 cases in eleven states over the last few months. Cbsnews.com reports: The virus, first discovered in the Zika Forest in Uganda in the 1940s, is linked to serious birth defects. “Questions abound,” WHO director Margaret Chan said.