CURRENT AFFAIRS

2016

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which country has announced that its Olympic athletes will wear uniforms that have been infused with insect repellent to keep mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus at bay
A
South Korean
B
Venezuela
C
Vietnam
D
US
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -South Korea’s Olympic committee last week unveiled uniforms infused with mosquito repellent that officials say will help protect athletes from the Zika virus at this year’s games in Rio de Janeiro.

Detailed explanation-2: -U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes and staff who traveled to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the 2016 Summer Games did not become infected with Zika virus but did test positive for other tropical, mosquito-borne viral infections, including West Nile Virus, Dengue Fever and Chikungunya.

Detailed explanation-3: -Many international travelers to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, openly considered skipping the games to avoid the threat of Zika. Despite the fears, not a single case of Zika or its major neurological complication, microcephaly, was reported by foreign visitors.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the spring of 2016, there was a frenzy over the threat of Zika virus at Brazil’s Olympic Games. As infections reached their peak, a group of scientists called for the games to be moved somewhere else. A number of athletes, worried about sexually transmitting the virus to pregnant partners, chose to stay home.

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