220000 troops to be deployed to scour for mosquito breeding grounds after nearly 4000 babies since September were born with condition linked to virusPresident Dilma Rousseff has said that Brazil must wage war against the Aedes aegypti mosquito that spreads the Zika virus,focusing on eliminating the insect’s breeding grounds. Since September, Brazil has registered nearly 4000 cases of babies with microcephaly, or a condition linked to Zika infection in which children are born with an abnormally small head and a brain that has not developed properly.
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Source: theguardian.com