WHO strengthens safe sex guidance when returning from Zika zones
GENEVA, Sept 6 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that men and women returning from areas where the Zika virus is actively spreading should practice safer sex or abstinence for 6 months, regardless of whether they are trying to conceive or showing symptoms.
The guidance is a change from the WHO's interim recommendation on June 7, which referred only to men and had a shorter timeframe of at least 8 weeks. (Reporting by Tom Miles; editing by Stephanie Nebehay)
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