Don’t postpone Rio Olympics over Zika, says expert

Wellcome Trust head says potential risks of contracting virus from going to Games do not warrant such a drastic moveBritain’s leading expert on the Zika virus yesterday rejected a call by 150 international academics for this summer’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro to be postponed because of the dangers posed by the disease. Professor Jeremy Farrar, head of the Wellcome Trust, said such a move would be disruptive and completely unnecessary.In an open letter to the World Health Organi