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Cool temperatures, few mosquitoes make Games Zika-free, so far

Rio authorities, Olympic organisers are staying cautious, stressing that anti-mosquito measures will remain in place throughout the Games

Published Tue, Aug 9, 2016 · 09:50 PM

    Rio de Janeiro

    SO FAR, at the Olympics many feared would be the Zika Games, so good.

    With as many as one million people expected to attend the spectacle, half of them foreigners, Rio de Janeiro has not turned out to be the Zika hothouse some athletes and visitors feared as the virus wreaked havoc in Brazil earlier this year.

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