66 cases of Zika virus infection found in Pune city since JunePune has recorded 66 cases of Zika virus infections within the last two months, with four reported deaths due to comorbidities. Notably, 26...
06 Aug, 2024, 05.53 PM IST
Zika virus cases in Maharashtra: Govt urges vigilance, focus on pregnant women screeningZika is an Aedes mosquito-borne viral disease like dengue and chikungunya. Though non-fatal, Zika is associated with microcephaly (a condit...
03 Jul, 2024, 03.34 PM IST
ZIKA Virus: Karnataka reports its first case in five-year-old girl, alert onFive-year-old girl from the Kolar district in Karnataka has tested positive for the ZIKA virus. WHO has declared Zika-related microcephaly ...
14 Dec, 2022, 12.45 PM IST
Five-year-old girl from Raichur is Karnataka's first Zika virus patient"This is the first confirmed case in Karnataka. It came to light when the serum was subjected to Dengue and Chikungunya test. Usually 10 pe...
12 Dec, 2022, 07.13 PM IST
Zika virus detected in Pune patient: Here's all we know about his symptomsTo prevent further outbreaks, the authorities have mandated an entomological scan of Pune city for the Zika virus. In the city, more invest...
03 Dec, 2022, 02.12 PM IST
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...
13 Jul, 2022, 09.24 PM IST
Unnao, 4th UP district to report Zika virus caseThe team of the Unnao Nagar Nigam carried out a massive fogging exercise in and around the residence of the infected person and the malaria...
17 Nov, 2021, 09.21 AM IST
Two Zika virus cases reported in LucknowThe patients in Lucknow -- a 30-year-old man residing in Hussainganj area and a 24-year-old woman from Krishnanagar area on Kanpur Road -- ...
12 Nov, 2021, 01.21 PM IST
India's latest Zika outbreak sees surge of nearly 100 casesFirst discovered in 1947, the mosquito-borne virus Zika virus reached epidemic proportions in Brazil in 2015, when thousands of babies were...
08 Nov, 2021, 02.37 PM IST
30 more people test positive for Zika virus in Kanpur, tally rises to 66Samples were collected from various pockets in the neighbouring areas of IAF station hangars and sent to the lab at King George's Medical U...
05 Nov, 2021, 12.19 PM IST
Six more Zika virus cases in UP's Kanpur, tally reaches 10The total number of Zika virus cases in the city has now touched 10. A report by King George's Medical University (KGMU) lab of Lucknow on ...
01 Nov, 2021, 09.35 AM IST
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 ...
06 Aug, 2021, 04.19 PM IST
ICMR to conduct trials of indigenously developed Zika vaccineICMR will undertake phase-II trial of the vaccine to establish the efficacy and safety of the vaccine along with its adverse effects.
18 Nov, 2018, 02.57 PM IST
Deliberately didn't reveal Zika cases to public: Gujarat governmentSingh admitted that even though the virus spreads through Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which is endemic to Ahmedabad, there was no cascading num...
29 May, 2017, 10.25 AM IST
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.
27 May, 2017, 10.43 PM IST
Zero Zika virus cases in India: Union Health Minister J P NaddaStating that there is not a single case of Zika virus, suspected of causing serious birth defects, in India, the Centre said it will come o...
01 Feb, 2016, 11.03 PM IST
Centre forms technical group to monitor Zika virus situationWith Zika virus cases being reported from South America and the US, the Centre decided to constitute a technical group to monitor the situa...
29 Jan, 2016, 08.31 PM IST