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<figure class="op-social"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YtA2jMyhNEA" width="510"></iframe></figure><p>Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) will now encounter information on the Zika virus in their pre-departure orientation seminar.</p><p>Authorities said the move is meant to instruct OFWs on what to do in the event of an infection.</p><p>Still, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said it will not impose a deployment ban unless the Department of Foreign Affairs raises the alert level on countries affected by the virus.</p><p>On Monday, the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency over Zika virus which has caused outbreaks in at least 26 countries in the Americas.</p><p>The World Health Organization (WHO) said Zika virus is an &quot;emerging mosquito-borne virus that was first identified in Uganda in 1947 in rhesus monkeys through a monitoring network of sylvatic yellow fever.&quot;</p><p>WHO said the Zika virus disease is &quot;caused by a virus transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and people with Zika virus disease usually have a mild fever, skin rash (exanthema) and conjunctivitis. These symptoms normally last for 2-7 days.&quot;</p><p>When pregnant women contract the virus, their babies are born with an unusually smaller skull.</p><p>Experts have yet to find a vaccine or a treatment.</p><div><strong>-ANC&#x27;s News Now, February 5, 2016</strong></div>

Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) will now encounter information on the Zika virus in their pre-departure orientation seminar.

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OFWs to get Zika virus info prior to departure

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