--- title: Where Is Zika Virus: Map of Where the Virus Has Spread description: The virus has spread to 43 countries around the world canonical: https://time.com/4306414/zika-virus-map/ author: David Johnson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-26T13:41:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:00:21.373Z article:section: Health og:title: Where Is Zika Virus: Map of Where the Virus Has Spread og:description: The virus has spread to 43 countries around the world og:url: https://time.com/4306414/zika-virus-map/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Where Is Zika Virus: Map of Where the Virus Has Spread twitter:description: The virus has spread to 43 countries around the world twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Zika Has Spread to 43 Countries by [David Johnson](https://time.com/author/dave-johnson/) ## David Johnson Apr 26, 2016 1:41 PM UTC by [David Johnson](https://time.com/author/dave-johnson/) ## David Johnson Apr 26, 2016 1:41 PM UTC The [Zika virus](http://time.com/topic/zika-virus/) is continuing to spread around the globe, as health responders scramble to [contain outbreaks](http://time.com/4304851/how-the-united-states-is-bracing-for-zika/) and understand the effects of the virus, including serious brain defects like [microcephaly](http://time.com/4304583/what-every-woman-need-to-know-about-zika/). The World Health Organization recently [warned](https://www.yahoo.com/news/warns-potential-marked-increase-zika-cases-083521147.html) that there is potential for a “marked increase” in the number of infections, including in Europe and the U.S. After all, as experts like to say, the mosquito knows no border. To understand the scope of the virus, we’ve compiled all the countries that have been hit with Zika so far during this outbreak. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4306414/zika-virus-map/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4306414/zika-virus-map/"},"headline":"Zika Has Spread to 43 Countries","datePublished":"2016-04-26T13:41:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:00:21.373Z","description":"Here's where Zika has spread around the world","url":"https://time.com/4306414/zika-virus-map/","keywords":["Zika","Map","mosquito","microcephaly"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Johnson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dave-johnson/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/zika/","name":"Zika"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4306414/zika-virus-map/","name":"Zika Has Spread to 43 Countries"}}]}] ```