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Carry condoms to Brazil - Dr Paritenyatwa
04 Jun 2016 at 17:10hrs | Views
Health and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa has ordered athletes taking part in the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil to must carry condoms to provide them with near complete anti-viral protection against the Zika virus.
He said carrying condoms was a common-sense approach to a very serious problem that Rio was facing.
Zimbabwe is sending at least 25 athletes and the national women's soccer team, the Mighty Warriors, to the games in August.
"My advice to our sports people is that in Brazil, there is Zika and you catch it in two ways, one, being bitten by a mosquito which is infected by Zika, which going to be very unlikely in the camp," Parirenyatwa said
"The second one is through sexual transmission, so we urge our sports people to really try very hard to refrain from those activities, if they have to, please, carry condoms."
He said carrying condoms was a common-sense approach to a very serious problem that Rio was facing.
"My advice to our sports people is that in Brazil, there is Zika and you catch it in two ways, one, being bitten by a mosquito which is infected by Zika, which going to be very unlikely in the camp," Parirenyatwa said
"The second one is through sexual transmission, so we urge our sports people to really try very hard to refrain from those activities, if they have to, please, carry condoms."
Source - Byo24News
