Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Zika virus a trending topic on social media platforms



The Zika virus was a trending topic on many social media platforms on Wed, with users expressing concern over travel plans.

Zika was trending on Facebook within the early afternoon, with 100,000 users discussing it. in keeping with social analytics firm Zoomph, there have been fifty tweets per minute on Zika, with high connected hashtags that enclosed #salud, the Spanish word for health, and #who, touching on the globe Health Organization.

The mosquito-borne virus, that has been connected to an increase in severe birth defects in Brazil, is chop-chop spreading within the Americas, and World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency over Zika.

 in keeping with Google, the Texas cities of Garland, metropolis and Grapevine flat-topped the list for Zika searches within the past forty eight hours. the primary famed case of Zika transmission within the us throughout this irruption was reportable in Texas on Tues.

The countries generating the foremost searches for Zika within the Day of Judgement were Republic of Venezuela, North American nation and therefore the land, in keeping with Google. it had been conjointly a trending topic on Yik Yak, a location-based mobile app fashionable millennials.

On Twitter, users complained that the virus may crimp travel plans, significantly for time out.

The study abroad workplace of Wayne State University (@StudyAbroad_WSU), tweeted that students ought to be high of travel notices from the U.S. Centers for illness management and interference.

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