Pregnant women told not to visit Brazil due to Zika virus

However, chance of Olympics being cancelled ‘doesn’t exist’.

Pregnant women are advised not to travel to Brazil during the 2016 Olympic Games to avoid potential birth defects related to an outbreak of the mosquito-borne zika virus, president Dilma Rousseff’s chief of staff, Jaques Wagner, said.

“It’s a serious risk for pregnant women,” Mr Wagner told reporters after an emergency cabinet meeting, adding “it’s not recommended” for them to travel to Brazil.