India Zika outbreak sees surge of nearly 100 cases
“There was a surge in circumstances of the Zika virus and the well being division has shaped a number of groups to comprise the unfold,” Dr Nepal Singh, chief medical officer of Kanpur district in India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, advised Reuters.
“There’s one lady who’s pregnant and we’re paying particular consideration in the direction of her.”
The primary Zika case within the industrial metropolis of Kanpur was detected on October 23 and the variety of circumstances has elevated over the previous week.
“Persons are testing optimistic as a result of we’re doing very aggressive contact tracing,” mentioned Prasad.
Authorities have been rising their surveillance of the outbreak and eliminating breeding grounds for the mosquitoes that transmit the virus, Singh mentioned.