According to the most recent report from the WHO, as of June 1, eleven countries have reported “microcephaly and other central nervous system (CNS) malformations potentially associated with Zika virus infection.”
While no NEW countries have been added to incident lists, 60 countries and territories have already reported continuing mosquito-borne transmission and 46 countries are seeing the first Zika virus outbreak this year.
By comparison, from 2007 through 2014 only fourteen countries had reported evidence of Zika virus transmission.
At this time ten countries have now reported probable sexual transmission of the Zika virus.
Cases in the U.S.A., Slovenia, and Spain report microcephaly in infants which were borne to mothers who had recently visited Brazil.
Among possible cases are two which are still being verified in Venezuela and Costa Rica.
In addition, 13 countries and territories worldwide report additional incidents of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) above the normal average.
In Guadeloupe a Zika infection was found in a myelitis (a severe neurological condition) patient.
There is now a scientific consensus that a Zika virus infection can cause microcephaly and GBS.
Compare this map from the WHO with the one from February, 2016 below from my earlier Zika report.
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