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Old tyres 'help spread' the Zika virus

According to the World Health Organisation, the Zika virus may reach Europe.The areas where the Aedes mosquitoes may spread the virus are the Black Sea coast of Russia and Georgia and the island of Madeira. Epidemiology expert, Christos Hadjichristodoulou, told Newsday, how the virus may conquer new territory.

( Picture: An aedes aegypti mosquitoe is seen inside a test tube as part of a research on preventing the spread of the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases in Mexico. Credit: Reuters/Daniel Becerril)

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