World number nine tennis player Tomas Berdych has said he is undecided whether to contend at the 2016 Rio Olympics as a result of wellbeing fears over the Zika infection.
"The Olympics are still on my timetable and in my arrangements," Czech Berdych, who is seeded tenth at the current year's Wimbledon, told English media.
"It (Zika) is certainly something that is in my brain. I need to truly take a gander at it and consider it.
"I simply need to perceive how every one of the things are going and after that settle on the best choice for myself (closer the time)."
U.S. wellbeing authorities have inferred that Zika diseases in pregnant ladies can bring about microcephaly, a birth deformity set apart by little head estimate that can prompt extreme formative issues in infants.
The World Wellbeing Association (WHO) has said there is solid exploratory agreement that Zika can likewise bring about Guillain-Barre, an uncommon neurological disorder that causes brief loss of motion in grown-ups.
The association amongst Zika and microcephaly first became exposed the previous fall in Brazil, which has now affirmed more than 1,400 instances of microcephaly that it considers to be identified with Zika contaminations in the moms.
A week ago, the WHO said that the Amusements did not should be moved or put off on the grounds that there is "an okay" that holding the occasion in Brazil will bring about additional spread of the infection.
A specialist WHO board on Zika reasoned that arranging the occasion amid the Brazilian winter implies the mosquito populace will be littler and strengthened mosquito-control measures set up around venues "ought to facilitate lessen the danger of transmission".
Golfers Rory McIlroy, a four-times significant champ, Charl Schwartzel of South Africa and Fiji's Vijay Singh, alongside U.S. cyclist Tejay van Garderen have officially reported they will skirt the 2016 Amusements due to the Zika danger.
Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic, be that as it may, said he is completely focussed on the Aug. 5-21 Diversions.
"Despite everything i'm wanting to go to the Olympics. It will remain as such," Djokovic said.
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