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The World Health Organization (WHO) will convene an emergency meeting next week to discuss its response to the Zika virus, warning that the mosquito-transmitted virus is now "spreading explosively" in the Americas. WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan said at a briefing in Geneva on Thursday that she is "deeply concerned" about the potential for further international spread of Zika and the possible association with birth malformations and neurological syndromes.

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