18 more Zika cases detected in Jaipur, Number increases to 50

Eighteen more people in Rajasthan's Jaipur district have tested positive for Zika virus, taking total number of such cases to 50, a Union Health Ministry official said Friday. 
At least 10 of new cases were reported from Jaipur's Shashtri Nagar locality.  figures were issued after a review meeting chaired by Rajasthan Health department's ditional Chief Secretary, Medical and Health, Veenu Gupta on Friday.   first case h surfaced on September 22. Fogging and or anti-larvae activities are being carried out in Shastri Nagar area to prevent spre of virus. 

Earlier, a department official h said that 30 of total cases were doing fine after treatment. At review meeting, measures taken to contain situation were discussed.  department has also issued an visory for pregnant women staying outside Shastri Nagar t to visit area. A control room has been activated at National Centre for Disease Control to monitor situation. 

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number of monitoring teams in Jaipur has been increased from 50 to 170 and a special isolation ward has been created at Hira Bagh Training Centre to treat Zika virus-affected patients. A team from National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR) recently found Zika virus in some mosquitoes taken as samples from Shastri Nagar, leing to suspicion y are behind infection.

Dr Neena Valecha, NIMR director, h earlier said virus appears to be locally transmitted. state government has been provided information, education and communication (IEC) material prepared to create awareness about Zika virus and prevention strategies.  Zika virus, transmitted through Aedes aegypti mosquito, causes fever, skin rashes, conjunctivitis, muscle and joint pain. It is harmful to pregnant women, as it can le to microcephaly, a condition in which a baby's he is significantly smaller than expected, in newborn children.

In India, first outbreak was reported in Ahmedab in January 2017 and second was reported in Tamil Nu's Krishnagiri district in July that year. Both se outbreaks were successfully contained through intensive surveillance and vector manment, ministry h said earlier.  disease continues to be on surveillance rars of Union Health Ministry although it is longer a Public Health Emergency of International Concern under WHO tification since vember 18, 2016.