The public action phase involves 220 thousand military personnel from the army, navy and air force.
They were deployed on the streets to hand out leaflets warning of dangers of still and stagnant water as breeding grounds for the yellow fever mosquito and methods for them to be removed and prevented.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff says the aim of the operation is to get each and every person to do their part in the war aginst the mosquito.
"The government will do its part together with the state governors, mayors, health agents and the armed forces. However, just us will not be enough. We need the population engaged in the fight in the spirit of Zika Zero and stop th
