Pune has recorded 66 cases of Zika virus infections within the last two months, with four reported deaths due to comorbidities. Notably, 26...

Zika is an Aedes mosquito-borne viral disease like dengue and chikungunya. Though non-fatal, Zika is associated with microcephaly (a condit...

Since its discovery in the Zika forest in Uganda in 1947, several outbreaks of ZVD have been reported from Africa, Southeast Asia, and the ...

"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...

The 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...

The team of the Unnao Nagar Nigam carried out a massive fogging exercise in and around the residence of the infected person and the malaria...

The patients in Lucknow -- a 30-year-old man residing in Hussainganj area and a 24-year-old woman from Krishnanagar area on Kanpur Road -- ...

First discovered in 1947, the mosquito-borne virus Zika virus reached epidemic proportions in Brazil in 2015, when thousands of babies were...

The 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 ...

Zika virus spreads through the bite of the aedes aegymosquito and most patients do not have symptoms. The typical symptoms include fever, b...

The symptoms are similar to dengue and they include fever, rashes and joint pain. Health Minister of the State Veena George said an action ...

Of the 19 samples sent from Thiruvananthapuram, 13 health workers, including doctors, are suspected to be positive for Zika, the minister s...

"Forty-five out of the total 60 patients are healthy after treatment," the official said after the meeting where measures required to conta...

Fogging and other anti-larvae activities are being carried out in the Shastri Nagar area to prevent the spread of the virus.

Singh admitted that even though the virus spreads through Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which is endemic to Ahmedabad, there was no cascading num...

WHO said two additional cases were then identified through the Acute Febrile Illness (AFI) and the Antenatal clinic (ANC) surveillance.

No Zika virus case has been reported so far in India but there is a need to remain alert and vigilant, said Union Health Minister J P Nadda...