(task) World Bank offers $150 mln in financing to Zika-affected countries | Reuters

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> From: Kathy Gilbeaux <gilbojer@aol.com>
> Subject: World Bank offers $150 mln in financing to Zika-affected countries | Reuters
> Date: February 19, 2016 at 12:57:37 AM EST
> To: "Michael D. McDonald" <michael.d.mcdonald@mac.com>
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> Mike,
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> FYI . . .
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> The World Bank also released initial projections for the economic impact of the largely mosquito-borne virus, saying it expects it to reduce the region's 2016 economic output by $3.5 billion, or 0.06 percent of gross domestic product…..
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> ….Mexico and Cuba would take the worst hits by dollar value this year, it said, reducing their GDP by $744 million and $664 million, respectively, as it expects the virus to cause a drop-off in Caribbean tourism.
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> World Bank offers $150 mln in financing to Zika-affected countries | Reuters
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>> http://in.reuters.com/article/health-zika-world-bank-idINKCN0VR29B <http://in.reuters.com/article/health-zika-world-bank-idINKCN0VR29B>
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> Kathy