Zika virus: 2.2 billion people in 'at risk' areas
Thursday, April 21, 2016
The Zika virus, which is spread by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, triggered a global health emergency this year.
Last week the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that the virus causes severe birth defects.
It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...