New Delhi/Kanpur: Union Health Ministry has rushed a high level multi-disciplinary team to Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh where a case of Zika Virus Disease case has been reported. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare stated today that a 57-year-old male from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh was tested positive for Zika virus disease on October 22, 2021. The patient, an India Air Force warrant officer, was suffering from fever and was admitted to the Air Force Hospital in Kanpur.
This is the first ever case of Zica virus disease in Uttar Pradesh. Earlier in August, 2021, a case of Zika was reported in Pune district of Maharashtra.
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The multidisciplinary team comprising of an entomologist, public health specialists and gynaecologist drawn from National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, National Center for Disease Control and Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi has been deployed by Union Health Ministry to assist the State Health authorities for control and containment measures of the Zika virus disease.
The team shall work closely with the State Health Department, take a stock of the situation on the ground and assess whether the Union Health Ministry’s Action Plan for Zika Management is being implemented. The team will also recommend necessary public health interventions for management of Zika in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
– global bihari bureau
