Troops To Help In Campaign Against Disease Carried By Mosquitos
January 27 2016
About 220,000 troops will be deployed in Brazil for one day next month to raise awareness of a mosquito-borne virus affecting the country, say Brazilian officials cited the New York Times.
The Zika virus has been linked to birth defects in 3,900 infants, resulting in microcephaly, a condition that includes an abnormally small head. There is no known vaccine or cure for the virus.
Members of the armed forces are scheduled to go door-to-door on Feb. 13 to hand out pamphlets...
Please log in to continue reading.
Not yet a subscriber? Take a free trial.
Military Periscope gives you easy-to-use, integrated, open-source intelligence on…
- More than 7,500 weapons systems and platforms
- Nearly every country's armed forces
- Militant organizations
Try Military Periscope free for seven days
Your online source for military news, weapons, and nation's armed forces worldwide
Military Periscope FEDLINK information
Service ID: UC
Contract Number: LCFDL24D0002
Military Periscope is a product of GovExec.
600 New Hampshire Ave., Suite 510,
Washington DC, 20037, USA.
customerservice@militaryperiscope.com
©Military Periscope 2025
All rights reserved. Redistribution of the content is prohibited without prior consent of Military Periscope.