Kenya may pull out of Olympics over zika virus

Kenya has threatened to pull its elite runners and other athletes out of the Rio Olympics unless it got assurances they would not be exposed to the zika outbreak in Brazil.

Sports authorities across the world are scrambling to find out more about the mosquito-borne virus as they make plans for the games.

“Obviously, we are not going to risk taking Kenyans there if this zika virus reaches epidemic levels,” said the head of Kenya’s Olympics committee, Kipchoge Keino.