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Ahmedabad, October 26 A woman admitted to a civilian hospital has been tested positive for the Zika virus transmitted by a mosquito, a senior official said Friday.
The woman, a resident of Bhavnagar town in Gujarat, has since been reinstated, said Ahmedabad city commissioner Vijay Nehra.
She was admitted to the hospital on October 22 for gynecological problems, said Nehra.
"Since she also had a mild fever, the doctors took her blood samples to see if she had dengue fever or malaria, but her test was negative, and then, as a precaution, her samples were sent to the hospital. National Institute of Virology of Pune for a screening test.Zika virus, "he said.
"Today, NIV confirmed that she was infected with the Zika virus, but the woman has already recovered and been released," he added.
Acting as a suspected case of zika, the municipality of Ahmedabad (AMC) has launched a mbadive campaign to prevent the spread of the virus, he said.
An outbreak of Zika virus was reported in neighboring Rajasthan earlier this month.
Nehra and Gujarat Health Commissioner Jayanthi Ravi briefed the media in Gandhinagar later on Friday.
Ravi said that there was no need to panic because the situation was under control due to proactive measures taken by the administration.
"Zika virus is spread by mosquito bites, mosquitoes carrying dengue virus and chikungunya virus also carry the Zika virus, so the best way to stop it is to control mosquitoes," Ravi said. .
She added that, since there was no specific medication for Zika, patients could take paracetamol.
Nehra said that after taking samples of the Bhavnagar woman on Oct. 22, the AMC immediately went into action.
"We have not waited for the results of the woman, published only today." As we considered it a suspect case of Zika, we trained 390 teams and looked at more than 7.33 lakh people since October 22. An intense fog has been put in place to control the
the threat of mosquitoes in the city, "he said.
The virus can affect the health of the unborn child if a pregnant woman gets the infection, he said.
"We therefore examined more than 5,000 women and took blood samples from 257 women to check if they were infected with the Zika virus.The results of 135 women arrived (which is good, these 135 samples gave negative results), "said the Commissioner. PJT PD KRK KJ
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