18 positive tests for Zika virus in Jaipur bringing the total number of cases to 50

Jaipur / New DelhiEighteen more people in Jaipur district, Rajasthan, have been tested positive for Zika virus, bringing the total number of cases to 50, said Friday an official of the Ministry of Health.

At least 10 new cases have been reported in Shashtri Nagar locality in Jaipur.

The figures were released after a review meeting chaired on Friday by Veenu Gupta, chief secretary of the Rajasthan Department of Health, in charge of health and health.
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The first case surfaced on September 22nd. Misting and anti-larval activities are underway in the Shastri Nagar region to prevent the spread of the virus.
Earlier, a department official said that 30 cases were well after treatment.

At the review meeting, the measures taken to contain the situation were discussed.

The department also issued a notice asking pregnant women residing outside Shastri Nagar not to visit the area.

A control room has been activated at the National Center for Disease Control to monitor the situation.

The number of surveillance teams in Jaipur has increased from 50 to 170 and a special isolation ward has been established at the Hira Bagh Training Center to treat patients with Zika virus.

A team from the National Institute for Malaria Research (NIMR) recently discovered the Zika virus in some mosquitoes sampled from Shastri Nagar, suggesting that they are at the same time. origin of the infection.

Dr. Neena Valecha, Director of NIMR, had previously stated that the virus appeared to be transmitted locally.

The state government has received information, education and communication (IEC) materials designed to raise public awareness of the Zika virus and prevention strategies.

Zika virus, transmitted by the mosquito Aedes aegypti, causes fever, rashes, conjunctivitis, muscle and joint pain. It is harmful for pregnant women because it can result in microcephaly, a condition in which the head of a baby is significantly smaller than expected, in the newborn.

In India, the first outbreak was reported in Ahmedabad in January 2017 and the second in Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu, in July of that year. Both of these outbreaks were controlled by intensive surveillance and vector management, the ministry said.

The disease continues to appear on the surveillance radars of the Ministry of Health of the Union, although it no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern according to the notification of WHO since the November 18, 2016.