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| A mother feeds her baby in Recife, Brazil where cases of microcephaly have been reported |
An Indian pharmaceutical firm has announced that it has developed the world’s first vaccine against mosquito-borne Zika virus.
The Head of the Biotech International Limited, Dr. Krishna Ella, made the claim at a news conference.
“On Zika, we are probably the first vaccine company in the world to file a vaccine candidate patent about nine months ago,” he said.
The claims came a day after the World Health Organisation said that the Zika virus poses a global public health emergency requiring a united response.
The virus, which is spreading across the America, has been linked to incidence of microcephaly. Brazil have had around 4,000 cases of babies born with underdeveloped brains since October.
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