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Zika virus testing can now be done at AIIMS Rajkot; results to be available in 24 hoursAIIMS Rajkot has been recognized as a Zika virus screening center, reducing the need to send samples to Pune for testing. According to Prof...- 13 cases of Zika virus infection till Jul 22 this year: MoS Anupriya PatelThirteen cases of Zika virus were reported in India by July 22, 2023, with 3 from Karnataka and 10 from Maharashtra. Minister of State for ...
- Don't panic, says Karnataka govt as Zika virus detected in Chikkaballapura distThe Karnataka Health Department has issued an advisory in response to the detection of the Zika virus in a mosquito species in Chikkaballap...
- Maharashtra reports Zika virus case after one year; girl found infected in PalgharThe first-ever Zika virus case in the state was reported in Pune in July 2021. Now, a seven-year-old girl has been found infected with Zika...
- Uttar Pradesh: 13 fresh Zika cases confirmed in Kanpur, tally now 79Zika is a mosquito-borne virus that spreads through the bite of an infected Aedes species of mosquito, which bites during the day, symptoms...
- Centre sends multidisciplinary team to Kanpur after Zika virus case reportedIn a statement, the ministry said the multidisciplinary team comprising an entomologist, public health specialists and gynaecologist drawn ...
- 65 Zika virus cases reported in Kerala as on August 2, 2021: Health minister Mansukh MandaviyaElaborating on the measures taken by the government, Mandaviya said the Union Ministry of Health has prepared and widely disseminated Zika ...
- Karnataka: Alert in districts to check Zika spreadFollowing reports of Zika Virus Disease (ZVD) spreading in Kerala, the health and family welfare department in Karnataka stepped up vector-...
- Zika Virus Disease: Karnataka intensifies vector control measuresEnsuring availability of logistics such as adulticide and larvicide at all levels, up to villages, are among the intervention measures that...
- Fresh cases of Zika reported in Rajasthan; total now 131A senior Health Ministry official said the outbreak so far is localised and no other cases have been reported from any other state.
- Six new Zika cases in Rajasthan; total 123The virus, transmitted through the aedes aegypti mosquito, causes fever, skin rashes, conjunctivitis, muscle and joint pain.
- No need to panic, Zika outbreak under control: Health MinistryAccording to a Health Ministry official, 29 people have so far been tested positive for the disease in Rajasthan.
- Central team sent to Jaipur after 8 more people test positive for Zika infectionAccording to the World Health Organization's classification scheme on the prevalence of Zika virus, India is in category 2, indicating ongo...
- Zika virus: Facts you should knowZika virus disease is caused by a virus primarily transmitted to people through the bite of an infected mosquito from the Aedes genus, main...
- WHO confirms first three Zika virus cases in IndiaWHO said two additional cases were then identified through the Acute Febrile Illness (AFI) and the Antenatal clinic (ANC) surveillance.
- Over 100 in US test positive for Zika virus: ReportZika virus has infected at least 116 people, including an infant, in the US, according to a leading American public health institute.
- Indian scientists were aware of Zika virus in 1950s: ICMR head Soumya SwaminathanTo deal with Zika, Swaminathan said, testing of people is being done in the country at present, besides looking at the issue of developing ...
- Indian scientists were aware of Zika virus in 1950s: ICMR head Soumya SwaminathanIndian scientists had even stored a vial of the pathogen, ICMR Director-General Soumya Swaminathan said.
- Zika virus: Government advises pregnant women to cancel travel to affected countriesIn view of the outbreak of Zika virus, the govt has issued travel advisory urging pregnant women to defer or cancel their travel to the aff...
- No case of Zika virus reported in India: GovernmentHealth Minister J P Nadda said during Question Hour that "till date, this disease (zika) is not reported from India."
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