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Rio 2016 organizers provide repellent to divers

Xinhua, February 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

Rio Olympic Games organizing committee provided mosquito repellent to divers and team officials in order to prevent Zika virus before the upcoming FINA Diving World Cup, which is also the Rio 2016 test event.

According to Chinese diving team manager Zhou Jihong, the organizing committee has provided repellent to teams and also introduced the information and raised awareness about Zika prevention. Besides, a day-by-day clean inside the venue will help to sweep away mosquitos.

The World Diving Cup will be staged at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre from Friday to Wednesday (19-24 February). In total, 272 athletes from 49 countries and regions will compete for 88 spots in the Rio Olympic diving competition.

Meanwhile Brazil's Zika virus outbreak has made athletes and tourists afraid of being in the country. The Olympic host country has 1.5 million people infected by Zika since early 2015. While it causes only mild flu-like symptoms in most people, scientists suspect when it strikes a pregnant woman, it can cause her baby to be born with microcephaly, or an abnormally small head. Endit