WHO takes action on Zika virus in Brazil (5)

Gabrielly Santana da Paz holds her child who suffered microcephaly while waiting for examination at the Oswaldo Cruz Hospital, in Cabo de Santo Agostinho, 35 km from Recife, capital of Pernambuco in northeastern Brazil, on Feb. 1, 2016. The recent cluster of microcephaly cases and other neurologic disorders reported in Brazil constituted a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday. The announcement came after WHO convened its first Emergency Committee meeting on Zika virus. (Xinhua/Diego Herculano/Brazil Photo Press/AGENCIA ESTADO)