Is the world ready for the Zika virus?

In the US, only five laboratories can diagnose the Zika virus — and a vaccine has not been developed

america.aljazeera.com - February 1, 2016

The World Health Organization has declared the Zika virus and the suspected associated birth defects an international public health emergency. Experts say the numbers are a sign that global surveillance systems — important for medical response — are working. But with no vaccine available and only five laboratories that can diagnose the virus in the U.S., there is a long road ahead. In this America Tonight excerpt, Lisa Fletcher talks to public health experts [Gavin Macgregor-Skinner and Anthony Fauci] about the global health disaster we're now facing.

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