“There was a surge in circumstances of the Zika virus and the well being division has shaped a number of groups to include the unfold,” Dr Nepal Singh, chief medical officer of Kanpur district in India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, instructed Reuters.
“There’s one girl who’s pregnant and we’re paying particular consideration in 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.
“Individuals are testing constructive as a result of we’re doing very aggressive contact tracing,” stated Prasad.
Authorities had been rising their surveillance of the outbreak and eliminating breeding grounds for the mosquitoes that transmit the virus, Singh stated.
