High level team of specialists sent after Zika virus detected in Kanpur

New Delhi, 25 October (H.S): After a 57-year old man has been tested positive of Zika case in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, the union Health Ministry has sent there a high-level multi disciplinary team to monitor the cases. The Zika case was reported on October 22.

The Ministry sources said that the health experts from National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, National Centre for Disease Control and Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi has been deployed by union Health Ministry to assist state authorities for the control and containment measures of the Zika virus.

Sources further said that the multi-disciplinary team comprising an entomologist, public health specialists and a gynaecologist has been sent to take stock of the ground situation and follow containment measures.

The team will assess whether the Ministry?s action plan for Zika virus management is being implemented. It will also recommend necessary public health interventions for the management of the virus in Uttar Pradesh.