LANGUAGE - CLOZE Ex 2.21 Put a slash where the spaces are.

Ex 2.21 Put a slash ( / ) where the spaces are.

 

TheWorldHealthOrganisation(WHO)haswarnedthattheZikavirusout
breakinLatinAmericacouldturnintoaglobalpandemic.Manyscientists
saytheoutbreakcouldbemoreseriousthantheEbolavirus.Ebolakilledo
ver11,000peopleinWestAfricain2014and2015.TheWHOestimatedth
attheZikaviruscouldinfectfourmillionpeoplebytheendof2016.Thevir
ushasbeenadvancingacrossSouthandCentralAmericainthepastyear.
DrMargaretChan,Director-GeneraloftheWHO,warnedthatZikais"spr
eadingexplosively".Sheaddedthatithasquicklygonefrombeingamildt
hreattobeingfrightening.Warmerweathermeansthemosquitothatca
rriesthevirusisalsospreadingworldwide.TheZikavirusislinkedtoalarg
eriseinbirthdefectsinBrazilandsurroundingcountries.Inparticular,sci
entistssayitcausesaneurologicaldefectcalledmicrocephaly.Thisiswhereababyis
bornwithasmallerheadthannormal,andwithbraindamage.Healthoffi
cialsinBrazilreportedthataround4,000babieswerebornwithmicrocep
halylastyear.Thiscomparestofewerthan150casesin2014.TheColom
biangovernmenthasjustreportedthatmorethan2,100pregnantwom
eninColombiaareinfectedwiththevirus.ThereisnovaccineforZikaandi
twillbedifficulttofindone.Adoctorsaidavaccinewouldhavetobetested
onpregnantwomen,andthatwouldbe"apracticalandethicalnightmare".