Brazil's health minister is calling on residents to join the government's battle to eliminate Zika. (File Photo)
Brazil's health minister is calling on residents to join the government's battle to eliminate Zika, saying that keeping homes free of mosquitoes is the most-effective way to contain the virus.
Marcelo Castro made the remarks Friday in an interview with The Associated Press. The comments come a day before Brazil's president and her Cabinet take to the streets for one-day education campaign in which they aim to reach 3 million homes.
Castro says he has no doubt about the link between Zika and a surge in a rare birth defect known as microcephaly, despite what many see as a lack of scientific proof.
He says the federal government is pushing states and local governments to speed up tests of newborns suspecting of having the ailment.
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