Let's get an expert's view on this issue...
Duane Gubler, professor of emerging infectious diseases at Duke University, National University
of Singapore Graduate Medical School in Singapore joins us via Skype.
Duane Gubler has also served on numerous WHO committees.
Professor Gubler, thanks so much for connecting with us.
What's especially worrisome about this disease is that we don't know much about it.
There is no vaccine or cure, and the virus has been
linked to microcephaly, resulting in babies born with small heads.
What exactly is Zika virus?
How is it transmitted?
There are concerns that the Zika Virus is spreading from the Americas to Asia --- which
of course has us in this region worried.
Just a few hours ago, Korea classified the virus as a legal state-managed infectious
disease.
Is it likely that a Zika outbreak could happen in this part of the world...
including Korea?
There are
no
known vaccine or cure to this disease.
How should we protect ourselves?
Does this apply to
all women?
You've been with the World Health Organization for years.
How serious is the situation when an emergency meeting
of such is called upon?
Duane Gubler, professor of emerging
infectious diseases at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore....
thank you indeed for sharing your insights with us tonight.