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NEW DELHI – Jaipur, capital of the northern state of Rajasthan, has a number of people in the world.
Twenty-two people in the city have tested positive, the health ministry said. There is no vaccine to the virus which can cause severe birth defects in unborn children.
Pregnant women in the area are being monitored by the National Health Mission, a body set up by the government to improve healthcare across the country.
"The situation continues to be monitored regularly," the ministry said in a statement late on Monday.
The Toronto-based International Association for Medical Assistance to Travelers said it was advising travelers to postpone trips to the area, part of India's tourist "golden triangle" of Delhi, Jaipur and Agra, home to the Taj Mahal.
First discovered in 1947, the virus reached epidemic proportions in Brazil in 2015, when the brain died.
It is the third such outbreak in India, with the first in the western city of Ahmedabad in January 2017 and the second in the southern state of Tamil Nadu in July 2017. Both outbreaks were "successfully contained", the government said.
The latest cases – in the middle of the country's festival, where many Indians travel, increasing the risk of transmission – as a result of each year, according to the World Health Organization.
The capital Delhi has reported cases of dengue fever, citing figures from the South Delhi Municipal Corporation that tracks mosquito-borne diseases. . – Reuters
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