With six months to go until the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro categorizes WHO zikaepidemin in Brazil as an emergency.
When considering the Swedish Olympic Committee changes in upload .
– There is obviously a serious situation, says SOK’s operations manager Peter Reinebo.
Several Swedish athletes have planned trips to Rio de Janeiro in the coming months. Next on the program is a World Cup race in diving that also serves as an Olympic qualifier.
The World Health Organization classifies Now spread of zikaviruset as an emergency for the international public health, and the question is whether the Swedish Olympic Committee will advocate changes in the lay-ups .
SOK is awaiting further recommendations from the International Olympic Committee IOC and follow carefully the information from the Swedish infectious disease control authorities.
– We want the facts on the table so that we do not engage in misleading rumors, says Peter Reinebo.
Since last Friday recommends SOK pregnant women not to go to Brazil. The next few days to discuss the organization of the recommendation should be expanded.
– Until now, it has been said that there are relatively few in the rest of the population affected and that it involves milder flu-like symptoms. But it is possible that it will be changed, says Reinebo.
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