Kanpur: The city reported another case of the Zika virus on Monday, taking the calculation of cases to 11.
Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Kanpur Nagar, Dr.
Nepal Singh, said that the 42-year-old pathology samples from Shiv Katra, were sent to Kgmu Lab At the Lucknow and the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune was tested positive for the Zika virus on Monday.
So far, 11 people including the three IAF staff from the Chakei area have been positively tested for Zika’s infection.
“The supervision team took the woman’s sample, asymptomatic, and sent it for the exam.
He has been stored under observation.
Samples of family members, relatives and a contact person will be collected on Tuesday.
Anti-larval spray, cleaning and fogging will also be carried out by The supervision team in the area, “CMO said.
In a statement, District Judge Visakh G Iyer said that no need to panic.
“Zika the virus did not spread through contact or aerosol; otherwise it was spread by Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes, which also caused dengue fever and chikungunya.
It can be easily limited by strict supervision and awareness,” he said.
DM also visited the Shyam Nagar area where the Zika virus case has been reported.
He also checked the work done by the municipal team and survey work.
Meanwhile, home-to-home surveys were carried out by 65 health control teams, civil society, para-medical and local administrative staff in affected areas including the IAF station on Monday.
The supervision team collects samples from all 12 regions spread within a radius of 3 km in the Chake area.
The team also examined people who experienced symptoms such as fever and also examined the existence of Aedes Aegypti larvae in a water container.
“On Monday, the supervision team visited Om Purwa, Badli Purwa, Bhawani Nagar, Blok Shyam Nagar, Girja Nagar, Koyla Nagar, Tulsi Nagar, Adarsh ​​Nagar, Pokharpurwa, Kazi Kheda and Kakori bag choker and collected 456 samples.
Samples have been Sent to Kgmu Lucknow and Niv Pune to be investigated.
Until now, 1,745 samples have been collected, “CMO said.
On Monday, Zika’s source reduction work was carried out at 8,937 households, CMO said added, “So far, we have discussed 15,153 households.” “Our supervision team is also sensitive to people about stagnant water dangers and asks them to empty pots, containers, and tanks filled with water,” CMO said.
“We really monitor pregnant women in the area,” he said.