Well, if no measures are taken now, it is at a risk of spreading across the world.
In an ideal world, she should have contained the outbreak right at the beginning.
Better late than never.
The disease has spread to other countries in the Latin America. The first case was reported in April 2015 in Brazil. 2,782 cases of microcephaly has been reported from Brazil, till the end of 2015. A total of 33 cases have been reported till now from the United States. However, it is not clear how many of them contracted the virus in Brazil.