On Friday, Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla declared a public health emergency because of the zika virus, a government statement said.
Trinidad and Tobago declared a similar national health emergency on January 29 and on February 1 the World Health Organisation announced that the “explosive spread” of the zika virus in the Americas represented an international public health emergency.
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