This publication may seem unserious to Nigerians and other countries mentioned, but if I were the Nigerian government, especially, the Nigerian Minister of Health, I will start now to put things in place to checkmate the deadly Zika virus from entering Nigeria as predicted by some scientists in this exclusive AP news article.

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Scientists trying to predict the future path of Zika say that 2.6 billion people living in parts of Asia and Africa could be at risk of infection, based on a new analysis of travel, climate and mosquito patterns in those regions.

Some of the most vulnerable countries include India, China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Nigeria, Vietnam, Pakistan and Bangladesh, according to the research.

Experts caution that the study could overestimate the number of people at risk because they don't know whether Zika had already landed in some of these countries in the past and allowed people to develop immunity. More than two-thirds of people infected with Zika never get sick, and symptoms are mild for those who do, so surveillance systems may have missed cases.

Although Zika was first identified in 1947, the virus wasn't considered a major health threat until a major outbreak in Brazil last year revealed that Zika can lead to severe birth defects when pregnant women are infected.

In February, the World Health Organization declared the spread of Zika a global emergency, and epidemics have been sparked in at least 70 countries. In the last few weeks, it has sickened more than 100 people in Singapore and started spreading in Florida. Zika is mostly spread by a specific species of tropical mosquito, but it can also be spread by sex and through blood transfusions.

Researchers hope their new study will help officials plan ahead to possibly avoid some of the worst effects of Zika.

"For countries with a finite amount of resources, this may help them use those resources as efficiently as possible," said Dr. Kamran Khan, an infectious diseases physician and scientist at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, the study's senior author.

To figure out where Zika might gain a future foothold, researchers examined patterns of people traveling from infected regions in the Americas to Africa and Asia and combined that with an assessment of local conditions, including mosquito populations. They used the spread of a related virus, dengue, as a model for Zika since the same mosquito species transmits both diseases. Dengue is not spread by sex, like Zika, but mosquitoes are responsible for the vast majority of Zika cases globally.

The study was published online Thursday in the journal, Lancet.

Some experts pointed out that the expected impact of Zika will depend largely on whether people have any previous exposure to the virus — and that is unknown.

"No one has ever looked, so we don't know if there is any pre-existing immunity to the virus," said Dr. Abraham Goorhuis of the University of Amsterdam, an author of a commentary that accompanies the Lancet study. The virus in the Americas is an Asian strain that was responsible for a large outbreak in French Polynesia and other Pacific Islands in 2013 and 2014.

"If there was broad circulation of this virus in Asia, then it could be that the risk of Zika spreading to Asia won't be as bad as we think," Goorhuis said. He said another big unknown was whether people who might have been exposed to the African strain of Zika might be protected once the slightly different Asian version arrives. It's unclear how widely the original 1947 strain found in Africa may have spread.

Goorhuis also noted it was possible Zika might eventually burn itself out after about a year or so of circulation, the way a related virus, chikungunya, recently did.

Others said scientists should seize the chance now to prevent Zika from becoming entrenched elsewhere.

Ben Neuman, a virology professor at the University of Reading, said that once the virus has started to spread by mosquitoes locally, and not just by travelers, it can become entrenched in animals as well as people and be extremely difficult to eradicate. "We have the opportunity right now to prevent (Zika's) spread and by doing so, halting the spread of unnecessary suffering," he said.

Culled from: https://www.yahoo.com/news/wheres-zika-going-next-maybe-china-india-nigeria-223649324.html

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When buhari came in as Nigeria president we thought we've seen a saviour who would turn things around by improving standard of living of Nigerian workers, but it's glaring he's worst of all. He came in and tagged this present dispensation as "fighting Corruption",what as this done to the country? 1) the Economy is in recession 2) Mass suffering of Nigerian workers cos of high rate of inflation in the country 3) all promises he made are not fulfilled 4) bad governance 5) workers' salaries are not paid on time and lastly 6) the change he talked about is a negative one. Nigerians rethink cos are we going to continue like this

Nigeria can not handle this oooo! Prevention is better than cure.

Dont predict shyt!
We no want abeg!
Ebola comes to mind

Zika?! When Buhari couldn't sustain Nigeria's hard-fought freedom from polio? People, let us pray...

Don't just kneel clumsily, close your eyes!

;Dw

This life self... .. Hmmmmmmm
Well no one is getting out alive anyway!

Na Zuckerberg dey bring am?
Another salt scarcity looms

I reject, rebuke and reproof any form of virus in this country now, be it Zika or Ebola, because with the clueless people presently at the helm of affairs in Aso Rock + the current hunger and hardship in the land...
God should just kuku kill us than allow any virus come into Nigeria.

Zika Zika zika, how many times I call you... Na suffer you go just suffer if you come Nigeria, so remain where you are. Ask Ebola if you think say I dey lie... 9ja gene strong die, no shaking

We reject it in Jesus name!

Ye! Buhari yaf kill us

Buhari abeg if na play stop am na.

Only bad bad things dey come naija way this year. People dey pray for free money, free food, free education, instead na free Zika wan show face. Shoo, which kain witch year be this na.

Jesus, what is happening to Nigeria. Am NT one of the usuals who blame everything on the government but the way things are going am afraid o.
BUHARI WHO YOU OFFEND, PLEASE SEEK FOR FORGIVENESS, THIS IS TOO MUCH.





ALL MOSQUITOS CARRYING THE ZIKA VIRUS MUST DIE DURING MIGRATION IN JESUS NAME

In this Buhari era? It is finished!

Ordinary tomato Ebola, it took divine grace to get over it.

God, what sin have we committed?

Recession + zika virus.... Chai.. I see another titanic story of the great country called nigeria

awesome lemme put on my super suit and save Nigeria errm on a second thought flee Nigeria

blesoh:
We reject it in Jesus name!

Amen!

ok. have promised myself i will not be bothered about the hardship in naija not to talk of small zika virus. the suffer when buhari put us so nor pass zika viruse attack?
anyway, it is 7:37pm here in the ancient city of Benin. where the king is truely king i don't know about your location. e be like say 2500 naira dey my pocket. ok na make i stroll enter bet9ja store. play like 1000 naira virtual bet then buy 200 naira suya. chop 100 naira satana take miss egusi and ogbono soup then keep the rest for tomorrow because i nor know how he go be tomorrow. buhari nor go fit kill me. if i say make i start to dey run street police fit nab me even when maga never pay me. if i say make i enter italy through leg i fit die for libya river so make i dey play my gamble small small untill God remove buhari from office

its now obvious that buhari's regime is a bad omen!

Abeg make ona no carry that one cum again ooo
bcoz
We are facing Buhari's Virus already......

Holyghost fire!

We reject it ooo, because if you join zika with Buhari's recession, then it is finished for Nigeria.

I pray zika will never come near us in Jesus name. Amen

Somebody say amen................

God forbid.

Choi on top all this wahala in this country. We will never notice it's presence

Abeg make e no come o.... Polio wey go before don come back for this administration and dem no get time, same as Lassa fever....

Make Zika stay for Brazil o.... Our government is Super dumb

Good thing we have this information now, and I hope the relevant ministries won't make light of it.'praemonitus, praemunitus.

Zika get leg?

Nothing kills Nigerians

Abeg ooh, tomatoes Ebola we no fit fight na this one? God please have mercy on your people. Buhariconomic is enough problem for 9ja

Zika koh sikira ni