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
Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico
U.S.
Haiti
Caribbean:
Barbados,
Mexico
Honduras
Curaçao
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Saint Martin
NL,
FR,
FR,
FR
Guatemala
Jamaica
Venezuela
Panama
El Salvador
Guyana
Nicaragua
Suriname
Colombia
French Guiana
Zika virus
Ecuador
outbreak in Americas
(2015–present)
Brazil:
Almost 4,000
babies born with
microcephaly
since Oct 2015
Bolivia
Rio de
Janeiro
Aedes
aegypti
mosquito
Paraguay
Picture: AP
Sources:
WHO, CDC
© GRAPHIC NEWS
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
Jamaica
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Puerto Rico
U.S.
Panama
Caribbean:
Honduras
Barbados,
Curaçao
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Saint Martin
NL,
Mexico
FR,
Venezuela
Guatemala
FR,
El Salvador
FR
Nicaragua
Colombia
Ecuador
French
Guiana
Guyana
Zika virus outbreak
in Americas
Suriname
(2015–present)
Bolivia
Rio de
Janeiro
Paraguay
Brazil: Almost 4,000 babies born
with microcephaly since Oct 2015
Aedes
aegypti
mosquito
Picture: AP
© GRAPHIC NEWS
Sources: WHO, CDC
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
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Zika virus
18
outbreak in
Americas
19
(2015–present)
1
Mexico
Guyana
14
2
Honduras
Suriname
15
3
Panama
French
Guiana
16
4
Jamaica
5
Haiti
Brazil
17
6
Dominican Rep.
Bolivia
18
7
Puerto Rico
U.S.
Paraguay
19
8
Guatemala
Caribbean:
20
9
El Salvador
Barbados
Nicaragua
Curaçao
NL
10
Colombia
Guadeloupe
FR
11
Ecuador
Martinique
FR
12
Venezuela
Saint Martin
FR
13
Brazil: Almost 4,000 babies born
with microcephaly since Oct 2015
Picture: AP
Sources: WHO, CDC
© GRAPHIC NEWS