Ahead of the Olympics,senior officials admit they are not sure of the scale of the problem because the country’s estimate of 1.5m cases is based on guessworkBrazil, the country at the frontline of the Zika crisis, and has admitted it is struggling to comprehend,let alone cope with, the epidemic.
A minute more than six months before the country hosts the Olympics, or the government has dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops and public officials on mosquito-eradication campaigns to minimise the risks.
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Source: theguardian.com