18 more people tested positive in Rajasthan, the total number of people infected is now 50

In the district of Jaipur in Rajasthan, no less than 18 people have been tested positive for Zika virus, bringing to 50 the total number of infected people, said Friday an official of the Ministry of Health. According to PTI, at least 10 of the new cases were reported in Shastri Nagar locality in Jaipur.

The Union government released the figures after a review meeting chaired by Deputy Secretary General of the Rajasthan Department of Health, Veenu Gupta. At the meeting, measures taken to control the spread of the virus were discussed. The health department also asked pregnant women residing outside Shastri Nagar not to visit the area. Eleven pregnant women are among those infected, Hindustan Times reported.

There will be a control room at the National Center for Disease Control in New Delhi to monitor the situation in Rajasthan, reported PTI. The number of Zika surveillance teams in Jaipur has increased from 50 to 170 and an isolation service has been established at the Hira Bagh Training Center to treat patients.

The Center also provided the Government of Rajasthan with information, educational materials and communication materials to raise public awareness of the virus.

"The number of cases is expected to increase for another week, but there has been no exponential increase, as happened in Brazil in 2015," said a ministry official. Unidentified Union Health Hindustan Times. "The confinement efforts over the next week will determine how the outbreak will prepare."

The Zika virus is mainly transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, including Aedes aegypti who wears dengue. Most people with Zika will have no symptoms or mild symptoms such as fever, rash, joint pain, conjunctivitis, and possibly muscle aches and headaches that can last for days to a week. In September, Rajasthan had registered its first case of Zika virus infection after a woman was tested positive in Jaipur.