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The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the spread of mosquito-borne Zika virus a global public health emergency. On Monday, the global health agency held an emergency meeting in Geneva after warning the public that Zika is spreading "explosively" across the Americas. Dr. Margaret Chan is the director-general of the WHO. She said after the meeting that the cases of microcephaly in regions with Zika cases “constitute an extraordinary event and a public health threat to other parts of the world.” Last week, health officials confirmed one case of the virus in Denmark, five in Great Britain, three cases in the United States and 18 in its territory of Puerto Rico. The global health organization also predicts that Zika could infect as many as 4 million people in the Americas this year.
* declare = 선언[선포/공표]하다/ mosquito-borne = 모기로 매개되는[옮겨지는]/ explosively = 폭발적으로/ microcephaly = 소두(小頭)증/ constitute = ~이 되는 것으로 여겨지다, ~이 되다/ confirm = 공식화하다, 확정하다; 확인해 주다/ infect = 감염[오염]시키다
The symptoms from the virus are minor. The symptoms are flu-like and include a rash. But the results for some infected with Zika -- namely pregnant women -- are devastating. The WHO suspects the virus may be linked to brain disorders in babies. Health experts highly suspect there may be a link between the illness and microcephaly. Microcephaly is a birth defect in which babies are born with very small heads and underdeveloped brains. However, a definite link between Zika and microcephaly has not been proven.
* symptom = 증상; 징후[조짐]/ minor = 작은[가벼운]/ flu-like = 감기 같은/ rash = 발진/ devastating = 엄청나게 충격적인/ suspect = 의심하다/ be linked to ~ = ~와 연관되다/ brain disorder = 뇌장애/ birth defect = 선천적 장애/ definite = 확실한, 분명한 , 뚜렷한
