disease connected to the Zika infection in Latin America represents a worldwide general well being crisis requiring a united reaction, says the World Health Organization.
Specialists are concerned that the infection is spreading far and quick, with decimating outcomes.
The disease has been connected to instances of microcephaly, in which infants are conceived with immature brains.
The WHO ready places Zika in the same class of worry as Ebola.
It implies research and help will be optimized to handle the contamination.
There have been around 4,000 reported instances of microcephaly in Brazil alone since October.
WHO executive general, Margaret Chan called Zika a "phenomenal occasion" that required a co-ordinated reaction.
"I am presently pronouncing that the late bunch of microcephaly and other neurological variations from the norm reported in Latin America taking after a comparative group in French Polynesia in 2014 constitutes a general wellbeing crisis of universal concern."
She said the needs were to shield pregnant ladies and their infants from damage and to control the mosquitoes that are spreading the infection.
She prompted pregnant ladies:
to consider deferring go to zones influenced by Zika
look for exhortation from their doctor in the event that they are living in territories influenced by Zika, and in addition ensure themselves against mosquito chomps by wearing anti-agents.
Dr Chan defended proclaiming a crisis even in the midst of instabilities about the malady, saying the time had come to make a move.
The WHO confronted substantial feedback for a really long time to proclaim the Ebola flare-up an open crisis.
Ceasing Zika
At present, there is no immunization or drug to stop Zika. The best way to abstain from getting it is to abstain from getting nibbled by the Aedes mosquitoes that transmit the contamination.
The WHO has as of now cautioned that Zika is liable to "spread dangerously" crosswise over about the greater part of the Americas. More than 20 nations, including Brazil, are reporting cases.
Most diseases are mellow and cause few or no side effects, despite the fact that there have been some reported instances of an uncommon loss of motion issue called Guillain-Barre disorder.
The greater wellbeing danger however is accepted to be in pregnancy, to the unborn kid.
Dr Jeremy Farrar, Director of the Wellcome Trust, said: "There is a lengthy, difficult experience ahead. Similarly as with Ebola, Zika has at the end of the day uncovered the world's weakness to rising irresistible ailments and the annihilation they can unleash. Close by the crisis reaction that Zika requires, we should put set up the lasting changes, wellbeing frameworks fortifying and proactive exploration motivation that are expected to make the worldwide wellbeing framework stronger to the danger of future pandemics."
