1.Who warned that the Zika outbreak could become a global pandemic?
a) health officials in a hospital
b) Brazil's government
c) a pregnant woman
d) the WHO
2.Where did Ebola kill more than 11,000 people?
a) Colombia
b) West Africa
c) Brazil
d) India
3.How many people could the Zika virus infect by the end of 2016?
a) 4 billion
b) 40,000,000
c) 400,000
d) 4,000,000
4.What is the job title of Dr Margaret Chan?
a) General Surgeon of the WHO
b) Surgeon-General of the WHO
c) Director-General of the WHO
d) General Director of the WHO
5.What is helping the mosquito that carries the virus to spread?
a) the Internet
b) airplanes
c) globalisation
d) warmer weather
6.What is the Zika virus linked to large rises in?
a) pregnancies
b) population
c) birth defects
d) vaccines
7.How many babies were born with microcephaly in Brazil last year?
a) around 4,000
b) just over 4,000
c) slightly under 4,000
d) exactly 4,000
8.How many pregnant women in Colombia have the virus?
a) exactly 2,100
b) just under 2,100
c) over 2,100
d) about 2,100
9.What did the article say is difficult to find?
a) the virus
b) a vaccine
c) doctors
d) mosquitos
10.Who did a doctor say a vaccine would have to be tested on?
a) pregnant women
b) mosquitos
c) health officials
d) the WHO