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D-Day for Combating Zika Virus Mosquitos in Brazil

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – A massive one-day campaign has been launched in Brazil this Saturday (February 13th) to combat the Aedes aegypti mosquito with more than 220,000 armed forces personnel expected to knock on at least three million homes and establishments looking for and destroying the mosquito’s breeding grounds. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and all her cabinet members will also be at hand to oversee the operation.

“We will be present in all states,” said Defense Minister, Aldo Rebelo. “I believe that the presence of cabinet members is proof of the . . .

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