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<br /> <br /> <br />UNC Hosts Zika Awareness Event <br /> <br />By Erin Wygant <br />Posted June 30, 2016 at 5:25 pm <br />UNC Zika Awareness Event. Photo via UNC. <br />Bug spray and ice cream are an unusual pairing. But both were free during UNC’s Zika <br />awareness event on Thursday. People lined up for their bottle of “Off” and scoop of ice cream <br />alongside Chancellor Carol Folt. <br />“I have to admit, I said let’s do the ice cream because I wanted students to come and it’s summer <br />and it’s always fun to share ice cream,” Folt said. <br />The sweet treat lured people to the seven booths set up outside the Student Union where <br />representatives from the North Carolina Department of Health, UNC Ground Services, Campus <br />Health Services and more were sharing information about the Zika Virus. <br />Mary Beth Koza, the director of environment, health and safety at UNC, said the event focused <br />on eliminating people’s fears. <br />“We are creating a Zika awareness event. It’s for our faculty and staff and students to learn what <br />it is, how to prevent it and to eliminate any fears.” <br />The event also included speeches from Folt and health professionals. More than 80 people <br />crowded into an upstairs room of the Student Union, lined the walls and listened from the <br />hallway to hear what they had to say.