Amii McKeever.
On Sunday morning last Rory McIlroy was just outside the medals in the men’s Olympic golf in Tokyo. This brought me back to Rio in 2016 and Rory’s decision not to travel to that year’s Olympic Games due to the Zika epidemic. Remember that? No? Here is a recap.
In 2015, the Zika virus swept through Brazil. According to our Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC), the virus usually causes only a mild illness.
However, the mosquito-borne virus was linked with birth defects in babies (Microcephaly) in 2016. It was therefore declared a “public health emergency of International Concern that warranted a global response” by the World Health Organization (WHO). Eleven months later, this declaration ended and a major percentage of the world’s population forgot about Zika.
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