Kanpur: Thirteen more cases of Zika virus were reported at Kanpur on Saturday, taking the total cases reported as far as 79.
The first Zika case was reported from the city on October 23.
Zika virus infection was confirmed in the Air Force Mountains belonging to the Pardevanpurwa Choker area.
After that, 79 people including staff posted at the Air Force station and live in areas around Chokeri have contracted infection.
“In the investigation report received by KGMU, Lucknow on Saturday, 13 more people were found to be infected with a virus.
From 13, 10 men and three women have contracted a virus.
So far, 79 Zika infections have been found in the city, where 55 is a man and 24 is a woman, “Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr.
Nepal Singh told TII on Saturday.
Areas include the Air Force Complex, Shyam Nagar E Block, Lal Bangla, Harjinder Nagar, Adarsh Nagar, Lalkurti, Kazi Khera, Badli Purva, UIs, Kakori, Koyla Nagar, Girija Nagar, Tulsi Nagar, Tiwaripur Jaga, said.
“The supervision team has extensively sustained from the areas affected by Zika to destroy the point of mosquito breeding , Additional medical director, and family welfare, Kanpur Division.
Meanwhile, given the increasing number of cases in the Shyam Nagar and Bhawanipur regions in Dehali Sujanpur, the area was examined on Saturday by Vishak Regency Judge G Iyer and Commissioner of the City, Kanpur Nagar, Shivashanappa GN.
DM examined supervision work, reduction of sources, fogging, sampling and retrieving information from the local community about survey work carried out in their homes by the Municipal Corporation Team, Ministry of Health.
In this case, was told by worried that the team had come and with whom the survey was carried out.
When providing information, DM requested that a call come from the Zika control room to find out the patient’s condition.
In this case, DM was told that the call came in the morning and night, and they told the authorities that the patient’s condition was fine.
Additional city judges (fifth), city health workers were present during inspections.
Under the leadership of the district judge, the work for the prevention of Zika Virus was reviewed in the Zika virus control room which was set at the Command Center (ICCCC) located in the Municipal Corporation.
DM directs that every day the call must be made twice a day for health information from patients tested positive for Zika virus infection.
While directing city corporate officers, DM said that job monitoring must be made such as home supervision, source reduction and fogging etc.
“It must be done by officers related to city companies in front of them,” DM said further.
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He directed that the second Zika infection test from all patients who came positive for Zika virus infection must be done at the scheduled time.
For this, the team must be sent after making a list and for the right monitoring.
13 more positive tests for Zika, Tally Now 79
