Brussels, 13/04/2016 (Agence Europe) - European Union should adopt an action plan on the Zika virus, the MEPs argue in a non-legislative resolution adopted on Wednesday 13 April following an oral question to the European Commission in March (see EUROPE 11509).
The Zika virus, which is transmitted through mosquito bites (of the Aedes aegypti variety), is suspected of causing deformities in the foetuses carried by pregnant women infected and of causing Guillain-Barré Syndrome. It was...