Global emergency declared over Zika virus

The World Health Organization has declared the mosquito-borne Zika virus an international public health emergency due to its suspected link to thousands of birth defects in Brazil

Mexico

Guatemala

El Salvador

Nicaragua

Zika virus outbreak in Americas (2015–present)

Honduras

Panama

Colombia

Ecuador

Bolivia

Aedes aegypti mosquito

Paraguay

Haiti

Dominican Republic

Jamaica

Puerto Rico U.S.

Caribbean: Barbados,

Curaçao NL,

Guadeloupe FR,

Martinique FR,

Saint Martin FR

Venezuela

Guyana

Suriname

French Guiana

Brazil: Almost 4,000 babies born with microcephaly since Oct 2015

Rio de Janeiro

Sources: WHO, CDC

Picture: AP