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08-24-2016, 09:25 AM
Returning Olympians warned to practice safe *** due to Zika fears
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Most athletes seemed to have a really fun time at the Rio Olympics, especially with the hordes of condoms and what **t (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/rio-olympics-***-condoms/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), but **w that they're home, they're being told it's probably best if they play it safe, especially ***ually.
That's the advice of Australia's Minister for Health, Sussan Ley, as the country's athletes touched down on Wednesday morning.
SEE ALSO: Here's how Team Refugees fared at the Olympics (http://mashable.com/2016/08/22/team-refugees-olympics-results/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
She's told athletes and visitors to Rio alike that they should most definitely slip one on for the next eight weeks, to avoid transmission of the Zika virus.*
"There is a small chance that Zika is transmitted through ***ual activity, so Australians returning from Brazil should use condoms or avoid unprotected *** for at least eight weeks," Ley told ABC News (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-24/returning-olympians-given-safe-***-warning-over-zika-fears/7778930). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/24/australian-olympians-safe-***/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Most athletes seemed to have a really fun time at the Rio Olympics, especially with the hordes of condoms and what **t (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/rio-olympics-***-condoms/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), but **w that they're home, they're being told it's probably best if they play it safe, especially ***ually.
That's the advice of Australia's Minister for Health, Sussan Ley, as the country's athletes touched down on Wednesday morning.
SEE ALSO: Here's how Team Refugees fared at the Olympics (http://mashable.com/2016/08/22/team-refugees-olympics-results/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
She's told athletes and visitors to Rio alike that they should most definitely slip one on for the next eight weeks, to avoid transmission of the Zika virus.*
"There is a small chance that Zika is transmitted through ***ual activity, so Australians returning from Brazil should use condoms or avoid unprotected *** for at least eight weeks," Ley told ABC News (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-24/returning-olympians-given-safe-***-warning-over-zika-fears/7778930). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/24/australian-olympians-safe-***/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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