{"id":106,"date":"2016-03-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new-blog.sitata.com\/2016\/03\/23\/zika-virus-key-questions-7cefa3f64825\/"},"modified":"2020-09-08T09:29:57","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T13:29:57","slug":"zika-virus-key-questions-7cefa3f64825","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sitata.com\/ar\/zika-virus-key-questions-7cefa3f64825\/","title":{"rendered":"Zika Virus\u200a\u2014\u200aKey Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"
Since the Zika virus was first discovered in Uganda in 1974, it has slowly spread around the world, first to other African countries, then to some countries in southeast Asia, then across the Pacific (including a major outbreak in French Polynesia) and now finally to the Americas. Now, 60 countries have reported people infected with the Zika virus. South Korea and China are the latest to report cases in travellers returning from countries where there are outbreaks of this virus. However, the virus being spread by locally infected mosquitoes in 33 countries and territories in the Americas. Cuba and Dominica are the latest to report transmission by local mosquitoes.<\/p>\n
So, What\u2019s the Current Situation?<\/p>\n
The geographical distribution of Zika virus has steadily widened since the virus was first detected in the Americas in 2014. The two hardest hit countries have been Brazil and Colombia. Other countries like Jamaica, the US Virgin Island and Puerto Rico have reported a handful to several hundred cases.<\/p>\n