Since 1 February 2016, Zika virus infection and the related clusters of microcephaly cases and other neurological disorders have been declared to constitute a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).
According to WHO and as of 15 September 2016, 20 countries or territories have reported microcephaly and other central nervous system (CNS) malformations potentially associated with Zika virus infection or suggestive of congenital infection.
Since 1 February 2016, Zika virus infection and the related clusters of microcephaly cases and other neurological disorders constitute a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).
According to WHO and as of 30 September 2016, 21 countries or territories have reported microcephaly and other central nervous system (CNS) malformations in newborns potentially associated with Zika virus infection.
Since July 2015 (week 26), 19 countries (Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom) have reported 1 918 travel-associated Zika virus infections through The European Surveillance System (TESSy). Over the same time period, seven EU countries reported 92 Zika cases among pregnant women.
Since 2015, and as of 20 October 2016, there have been 69 countries and territories reporting mosquito-borne transmission of the virus. According to WHO and as of 20 October 2016, 23 countries or territories have reported microcephaly and other central nervous system (CNS) malformations in newborns potentially associated with Zika virus infection.
Since 1 February 2016, Zika virus infection and the related clusters of microcephaly cases and other neurological disorders constitute a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).