--- title: Zika Virus Travel Alert Issued for 2 More Locations description: The CDC added two more destinations to its list of Zika virus-hit places, which they say pregnant women should avoid canonical: https://time.com/4195030/cdc-zika-virus-travel-alert/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-26T23:20:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T09:09:04.022Z article:section: Health og:title: CDC Issues Zika Virus Travel Alert for 2 More Locations og:description: Pregnant women should avoid the Dominican Republic and the U.S. Virgin Islands og:url: https://time.com/4195030/cdc-zika-virus-travel-alert/ 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: CDC Issues Zika Virus Travel Alert for 2 More Locations twitter:description: Pregnant women should avoid the Dominican Republic and the U.S. Virgin Islands twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # CDC Issues Zika Virus Travel Alert for 2 More Places  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jan 26, 2016 11:20 PM UTC  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Jan 26, 2016 11:20 PM UTC Federal health officials on Tuesday [added two more destinations to its list of Zika virus-hit places](http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2016/s0126-zika-travel-guidance.html), which they say pregnant women and women who are trying to become pregnant should avoid. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) placed the Dominican Republic and the U.S. Virgin Islands on its growing list of areas in which the [mosquito-borne illness](http://time.com/4176167/zika-virus-what-to-know/), which has been linked to brain damage in newborns, has been spreading. The CDC has already issued travel alerts for Barbados, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, St. Martin, Guyana, as well as several others. “Specific areas where Zika virus transmission is ongoing are often difficult to determine and are likely to continue to change over time,” the CDC said in a statement Tuesday. Earlier on Tuesday, United Airlines said it would [refund passengers with tickets](http://time.com/money/4194764/united-airlines-refund-zika/) to virus-hit areas or allow them to reschedule their trip at no cost. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4195030/cdc-zika-virus-travel-alert/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4195030/cdc-zika-virus-travel-alert/"},"headline":"CDC Issues Zika Virus Travel Alert for 2 More Places","datePublished":"2016-01-26T23:20:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:09:04.022Z","description":"Pregnant women should avoid the Dominican Republic and the U.S. Virgin Islands","url":"https://time.com/4195030/cdc-zika-virus-travel-alert/","keywords":["Public Health"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"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/public-health/","name":"Public Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4195030/cdc-zika-virus-travel-alert/","name":"CDC Issues Zika Virus Travel Alert for 2 More Places"}}]}] ```