NHS stops people who have visited areas hit by Zika virus giving blood

NHS stops people who have visited areas hit by Zika virus giving blood

Health service bars those who have been to countries widely affected by the virus from donating blood for four weeks

People who have travelled to countries affected by the Zika virus will not be allowed to donate blood for four weeks after returning home, the NHS has said.

Zika, which the World Health Organisation has declared a public health emergency of international concern, is spread through mosquitoes but there have been a handful of cases of the virus believed to have been sexually transmitted, the most recent in Texas. 

Guardian
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