Countries around the world are taking measures to tackle the Zika virus. It has been 50 years since Nigeria registered the first known human infection of the virus.

Doctors fear a Zika outbreak could deal a devastating blow to Nigeria’s already fragile public health system.

CCTV’s Deji Badmus reports.

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US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention map of countries, territories with active Zika transmission

In the America’s these places include:
Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Saint Martin, Suriname, U.S. Virgin Islands, Venezuela.

In the region that encompasses Oceania and the Pacific Islands:
Samoa

In Africa:
Cape Verde

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The World Health Organization declares Zika virus a global emergency
The WHO’s declaration will help rally efforts, but what is being done right now to stop Zika’s spread?

Doctor Stephen Higgs Spoke to CCTV about the Zika virus. Doctor Stephen Higgs is director of the Biosecurity Research Institute at Kansas State University, and is an expert on infectious diseases.