Thirty more people have tested positive for Zika virus in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur, taking the total number of infected people in the district to 66, a senior official said on Friday. According to officials, among the infected people are 45 men and 21 women.
NS first case in kanpur It was reported on 23 October when an Indian Air Force (IAF) warrant officer tested positive for Zika virus. “Thirty more people have tested positive for Zika virus in Kanpur,” District Magistrate Vishak G Iyer said.
Samples were collected from different pockets in the areas around IAF Station hangar and sent to the laboratory of King George’s Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow for testing. Thirty of them came back positive for Zika virus, he said. He said that Zika is a mosquito-borne virus and therefore the only safe way is to get rid of mosquitoes.
To prevent the spread of the disease, health teams are running sanitation programmes, which include anti-larval spraying and identification of fever patients, screening of critically ill people and pregnant women. Health officials have been asked to increase surveillance and ensure door-to-door sampling and testing for Zika virus.
“We advise locals not to panic because of the sudden increase in Zika virus cases,” Iyer said. Another official said a high alert has been sounded in the periphery of the hangar of the IAF station.
To contain the spread of Zika virus, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed the health department to conduct frequent and extensive door-to-door sanitization and fogging campaigns to ensure strict surveillance and prevent breeding of mosquitoes.
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