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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the Zika could become a pandemic. Scientists say the could be more than the Ebola virus. Ebola killed over 11,000 people. The WHO estimated that the Zika virus could affect four people this year. The virus is advancing across South and Central America. Dr Margaret Chan of the WHO warned that Zika is "spreading ". She added that it has gone from being a to a serious . The mosquito that carries the virus is spreading worldwide because of weather.

The Zika virus is linked to a in birth in South America. Scientists say it causes a called microcephaly. This is where a baby is born with a smaller head, and with brain . In Brazil there were around 4,000 babies with microcephaly last year. In 2014, there were just 150 . Colombia's government just reported that than 2,100 pregnant women in Colombia have the virus. It is to find a vaccine for the Zika virus. A doctor said a needs to be tested on pregnant women. This would be "a practical and ethical ".

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