After the Rajasthan epidemic, 4.22 lakh investigated in Ahmedabad for signs of zika

Although no positive case has been discovered so far, the state is on the alert because of the high migration rate between the two States.

The neighboring state of Rajasthan reported 135 positive results. case of Zika virus, as a precautionary measure, the health department of Gujarat investigated about 4.22 lakhs around Ahmedabad on Sunday.

Although no positive case has been detected so far, the state is on the alert because of the high migration rate between the two states.

According to official data, Wednesday, 1.94,205 people were investigated in Ahmedabad within a radius of 1 to 3 km from contact with suspects. More than 1,200 teams of officials from the municipality of Ahmedabad have been conducting investigations since Sunday.

A total of 70,419 houses were surveyed at possible breeding grounds of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which is responsible for the spread of the virus.

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. In these homes, 2,277 containers were found to be favorable breeding grounds for the mosquito and a total of 22,039 houses were sprayed. said that of all those surveyed, 786 were pregnant women. Of these, 200 women with a history of fever were also examined in Ahmedabad.

The director of Gujarat, Gaurav Dahiya, director of the National Health Mission (NHM), said that no confirmed case of the virus had been recorded so far. According to official data, "no one has fever / symptoms suggestive of Zika virus disease".

"There is a procedure to closely monitor people who have traveled from Rajasthan. Suspicious cases are sent to BJ Medical College in Ahmedabad, one of eight state-authorized laboratories to test the virus, "said Dahiya.

Dahiya said he had sent Notices to all municipalities and panchayats in the district on October 9, inform them of the directions to be followed.

By May 2017, the state had received a certificate of conviction when the court issued a notice of conviction. WHO had reported the first three cases of Zika virus in the country since Ahmedabad, with cases dating from January 2017. However, the government was accused of using this information until May.

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