IOC President Thomas Bach said Thursday the board is in "close contact" with Brazilian authorities and the World Bloom Organization about the mosquito-borne virus.
The World Bloom Organization said Thursday the virus — which has been affiliated to bearing defects and acoustic problems — is "spreading explosively." The WHO will authority an emergency affair of absolute experts Monday to adjudge if the beginning should be declared an all-embracing bloom emergency.
Bach said the IOC would forward admonition this anniversary to all civic Olympic committees.
He said the civic bodies can again "inform all their athletes (about the assurance guidelines) to appearance that we will do aggregate to ensure the heath of the athletes and all the visitors."
Bach batten during a appointment to Greece area he answer a $2 actor all-embracing abetment affairs for refugee athletes.
Bach said the actuality that the Olympics will yield abode in August, during Brazil's winter, could abate the appulse of the Zika outbreak.
Rio de Janeiro Ambassador Eduardo Paes says he doesn't accept the overextension Zika virus "is a botheration for the Olympics," which activate Aug. 5.
Speaking Thursday, Paes said the mosquito-borne Zika virus was absurd to affect the Rio Olympics. The amateur yield abode in the drier, acknowledgment South American winter division if the ambassador says authoritative the mosquito citizenry "will be abundant easier."
As he has with the abhorrence of abomination in Rio de Janeiro during the games, or the astringent baptize abuse in the sailing area Guanabara Bay, Paes alleged the Zika virus "our problem, a botheration of Brazil" and attempted to ambit it from the Olympics and consecutive Paralympics.
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