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  • India: 2018: India's largest ever outbreak of Zika in Rajasthan; Case reported from Gujarat, Cases confirmed in Madhya Pradesh

    Zika Virus Resurfaces in India: 85-Year-Old Tests Positive; Recovers ? AFP 2018 / MARVIN RECINOS
    ASIA & PACIFIC
    17:36 24.09.2018(updated 18:17 24.09.2018)
    Officials of a medical college in India?s western state of Rajasthan have revealed that an octogenarian lady was tested positive for Zika virus infection, but was sent home after symptoms improved. There has been no confirmation, though, on whether other suspected cases are being monitored.

    In a fresh case of Zika infection, an 85-year-old woman in the Indian state of Rajasthan, which is a popular tourist destination, has tested positive for the mosquito-borne virus. The hospital administration has alerted the government on the spotting of the virus and steps are being taken to contain its spread.

    The resurfacing of the virus in India was reported by Indian news agency PTI on Sunday, quoting the Sawai Man Singh (SMS) hospital administration in Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. Officials of the medical college have not given any further details on the possibility of any more cases of the virus infection.
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    Officials of a medical college in India’s western state of Rajasthan have revealed that an octogenarian lady was tested positive for Zika virus infection, but was sent home after symptoms improved. There has been no confirmation, though...
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    Zika virus: Rajasthan health minister asks officials to keep watch, cancels their leaves
    After the first case of zika virus infection was confirmed in Jaipur and a spurt in seasonal diseases, health minister Kali Charan Saraf called a meeting to review the status of seasonal diseases on Monday
    JAIPUR Updated: Sep 25, 2018 06:18 IST
    HT Correspondent

    Hindustan Times, Jaipur
    Rajasthan,Zika Virus,Rajasthan health minister
    A female Aedes aegypti mosquito, known to be a carrier of the Zika virus, acquires a blood meal on the arm of a researcher at the Biomedical Sciences Institute of Sao Paulo University in Sao Paulo, Brazil.(AP File Photo)
    After the first case of zika virus infection was confirmed in Jaipur and a spurt in seasonal diseases, health minister Kali Charan Saraf called a meeting to review the status of seasonal diseases on Monday.

    He directed the department officials to keep a watch on seasonal diseases and cancelled leaves of all medical personnel across the state. The meeting was held at the State Institute of Health and Family Welfare, which was attended by the officials of the health department, medical education department, Jaipur Municipal Corporation and animal husbandry department.

    There have been 1,539 cases of swine flu and 152 deaths between January 1 and September 23. Also, 2406 cases of dengue cases, 3056 cases of malaria, 147 cases of chikungunya and 832 cases of scrub typhus have been confirmed.
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    After the first case of zika virus infection was confirmed in Jaipur and a spurt in seasonal diseases, health minister Kali Charan Saraf called a meeting to review the status of seasonal diseases on Monday
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      Published Date: 2018-10-04 01:28:07
      Subject: PRO/SOAS> Zika Virus - India (02): Rajasthan
      Archive Number: 20181004.6069063

      ZIKA VIRUS - INDIA (02): RAJASTHAN
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      Date: Tue 2 Oct 2018
      Source: Hindustan Times [edited]
      A 17-year-old boy of Shastri Nagar area in Jaipur district has tested positive for Zika virus, said Dr VK Mathur, the director of public heatlh department. This is the second positive case of Zika virus in the area in less than a fortnight. The first case was reported on Sept 21.



      A 17-year-old boy of Shastri Nagar area in Jaipur district has tested positive for Zika virus, said Dr VK Mathur, director of the public health department. This is the 2nd positive case of Zika virus in the area in less than a fortnight. The 1st case was reported on [21 Sep 2018].

      "We sent samples of suspected cases to the National Institute of Virology [NIV], Pune, and one of them has tested positive for Zika," Dr Mathur said. The confirmation from the NIV came on [Mon 1 Oct 2018] evening, he added.

      Sawai Man Singh Medical College principal Dr US Agarwal said 8 more samples of suspected cases have been sent to the NIV Pune, and the results are awaited.

      Six Zika cases have been confirmed in India to date by the Union health ministry surveillance network: 3 from Gujarat in 2017, one from Tamil Nadu in February 2018, and 2 from Rajasthan in September this year [2018].

      Zika surveillance was set up in 2016, when the World Health Organization declared Zika an outbreak.

      "There is a high-level team of experts on the ground monitoring the situation closely. These cases were mild infections and recovered on their own. There has been no case of microcephaly reported due to Zika so far anywhere from the country," said a senior health ministry official, requesting anonymity.

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      [Given another case detection, physicians in the affected district need to consider Zika virus in patients with compatible symptoms, particularly in pregnant women who are at risk of Zika associated complications including preterm birth, miscarriage and microcephaly in newborns. Adults and children are also at increased risk for Zika-associated neurological complications, including Guillain-Barre syndrome, neuropathy and myelitis (http://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sh...ail/zika-virus).

      According to the latest WHO Zika virus classification, India falls into Category 2, which is an area either with evidence of virus circulation before 2015 or area with ongoing transmission that is no longer in the new or re-introduction phase but where there is no evidence of interruption (http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/h...B05?sequence=1). The national guidelines for Zika virus disease are available at https://mohfw.gov.in/media/disease-a...-virus-disease.

      Maps of India can be seen at http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/indi...itical-map.htm and http://healthmap.org/promed/p/142. - Mod.SN

      HealthMap/ProMED map available at:
      Rajasthan State, India: http://healthmap.org/promed/p/317]
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      • #4
        7 confirmed cases from Shastri Nagar including 3 pregnant women. Results of 13 more tests awaited.
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        • #5
          Zika virus alert for Bihar after Siwan youth in Jaipur tests positive
          Bihar has sounded an alert for Zika virus and issued an advisory to all its 38 districts.
          INDIA Updated: Oct 07, 2018 21:24 IST
          Ruchir Kumar
          Hindustan Times, Patna

          The Centre on Sunday sounded an alert to Bihar after a youth from Siwan, studying in Jaipur, tested positive for Zika virus.

          The youth, Pankaj Chourasia, 22, a student of computer science in Jaipur, tested positive for the virus recently. He was in Siwan between August 28 and September 12 to appear for an examination.

          ?We have come to know that the disease was contracted from the same district in Rajasthan (Jaipur) and not Bihar. The disease has not spread to another state,? said a senior official from the health ministry, on condition of anonymity.
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          High-level central team surveys Zika-infected areas in Jaipur
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          Amit Bhatt

          Updated: Oct 7, 2018, 05:40 AM IST
          A high-level team from the Centre, dispatched to Jaipur in the wake of recent cases of Zika found there, visited the area where the infection was first detected on September 21. The four-member team is on a five-day visit, their date of arrival coincided with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the state.

          On Saturday, the team first went to Shastri Nagar, where a pregnant woman was the first person to be detected with the infection. The team then split into two to visit Bharatpur and Dausa districts. Since September 22, 15 laboratory-confirmed cases have been found by state Health department teams.
          ...

          The high-level team has been deputed by the Central Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) to review public health measures undertaken to stop the spread of Zika virus in the state.

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          • #6
            The number of positive cases has increased to 22.
            India News: The Union health ministry has initiated vector control measures in Jaipur after a student from Siwan, who is studying in Jaipur was tested positive. B
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            • #7
              Rajasthan: 29 people test positive in biggest Zika outbreak in history of India

              According to the officials, the first case of Zika Virus was reported on September 23, following which tests by the authorities established traces of the virus in the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes on September 26.

              Written by Deep Mukherjee | Jaipur | Published: October 9, 2018 3:02:42 pm
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              ?Twenty nine people have tested positive so far for Zika virus and all the cases are from Jaipur?s Shahstri Nagar area. Around 450 samples have been sent for testing of which 160 are of pregnant ladies,? said Veenu Gupta, additional chief secretary, Medical & Health and Family Welfare Department, Rajasthan.

              She added that among the 29 people tested positive, three are women, who were expecting children, and one gave birth on Monday night.
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              According to the officials, the first case of Zika Virus was reported on September 23, following which tests by the authorities established traces of the virus in the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes on September 26.
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              • #8
                Zika Virus Found in Mosquitoes from Shastri Nagar in Jaipur, Number of Cases Rises to 32
                At least 32 people, including three pregnant women, have tested positive for Zika in Jaipur and the health ministry has said the outbreak was under control.
                PTIUpdated:October 10, 2018, 11:50 PM IST

                New Delhi: Zika virus has been found in some mosquitoes taken as samples from Shastri Nagar in Jaipur, leading to suspicion they are behind the infection, experts said Wednesday, as the number of Zika patients in the area rose to 32.

                Dr Neena Valecha, director of National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR), said the virus appears to be locally transmitted.
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                • #9
                  Zika cases rise to 80 in Rajasthan: Here?s all you need to know
                  State government has stepped up surveillance and awareness activities and is working along with local authorities to strengthen efforts in vector control
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                  The Union Health Ministry on October 16 directed the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to monitor Zika cases on a daily basis, while urging the people not to panic.

                  The move comes at a time when the number of people infected with the Zika virus rose to 80 in Rajasthan in what is being called the country's largest Zika outbreak.
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                  State government has stepped up surveillance and awareness activities and is working along with local authorities to strengthen efforts in vector control
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                  • #10
                    Zika cases rise to 109 in Rajasthan
                    PTI JAIPUR, OCTOBER 19, 2018 19:19 IST
                    UPDATED: OCTOBER 19, 2018 19:19 IST


                    According to a spokesperson of the State Medical and Health Department, the nine new cases confirmed were from Jaipur.
                    The number of people infected with the Zika virus rose to 109 in Rajasthan on October 19.

                    According to a spokesperson of the State Medical and Health Department, the nine new cases confirmed were from Jaipur.

                    However, 91 Zika virus infected patients are healthy now after treatment, the spokesperson said, adding the department is making all efforts to contain mosquito larvae in the affected area. Most of the cases have been reported from densely populated Shastri Nagar locality of the State capital.
                    ...
                    According to a spokesperson of the State Medical and Health Department, the nine new cases confirmed were from Jaipur.
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                    • #11
                      Zika cases rise to 117 in Rajasthan
                      Press Trust of India JAIPUR, OCTOBER 21, 2018 00:00 IST
                      UPDATED: OCTOBER 21, 2018 04:33 IST

                      Eight new cases of Zika virus were detected in Jaipur on Saturday, taking the total number of infected people to 117, a Rajasthan health department spokesperson said.

                      Out of the total 117 patients, 98 have recovered after treatment, he said.

                      The State health department also formed a five-member committee on Saturday to investigate, examine and track Zika virus disease in pregnant patients. The committee will submit the report to the director public health from time to time, an order said.

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                      Six new Zika cases in Rajasthan; total 123
                      PTI|Oct 21, 2018, 08.10 PM IST
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                      • #12
                        Zika Outbreak Spreads To Gujarat, Woman Tests Positive In Ahmedabad
                        Health authorities in Rajasthan have detected 147 cases of Zika since September, officials say.
                        All India | Agence France-Presse | Updated: October 28, 2018 20:49 IST


                        NEW DELHI: Zika outbreak is spreading in the country, with officials saying Sunday that the mosquito-borne virus has been detected in Gujarat after nearly 150 cases were reported this year in neighbouring Rajasthan.
                        Health authorities in Gujarat said a woman tested positive for Zika and was treated at a state hospital in Ahmedabad, the first confirmed case outside Rajasthan this year.
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                        The first Zika cases in India were reported in January 2017 in Gujarat but the latest case is the first in the state this year.
                        ...
                        Zika was also detected in Tamil Nadu in July 2017.
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                        Zika outbreak is spreading in the country, with officials saying Sunday that the mosquito-borne virus has been detected in Gujarat after nearly 150 cases were reported this year in neighbouring Rajasthan.
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                        • #13
                          50 pregnant women in Jaipur test positive for Zika ? but India lacks protocol to monitor them
                          Zika infections in pregnant women can lead to birth defects in babies. India?s guidelines on Zika are silent on how to tackle this.
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                          Since September 23, 140 people have tested positive for Zika in the capital of Rajasthan. Fifty of them are pregnant women like Farhana. It is unclear how many of them know about their infection and the associated risks.

                          The World Health Organisation recommends ultrasound scans at around 18-20 weeks of pregnancy for Zika positive pregnant women to detect microcephaly in the foetus. It also recommends screening the babies born to them for microcephaly and other birth defects, and tracking their health for two years to identify developmental delays and other neurological abnormalities.


                          While India?s Union health ministry released national guidelines in February 2016, on surveillance, response and risk communication in case of a Zika outbreak, the document is silent on how pregnant women should be monitored and counselled.
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                          • #14

                            Centre sends health experts to Madhya Pradesh to verify reports of Zika infection
                            Zika outbreaks have been reported in Rajasthan and Gujarat in recent weeks.

                            The Union Health Ministry has sent a team of experts to Madhya Pradesh to verify reports of Zika virus cases in the state, PTI reported on Thursday. A team from the National Centre for Disease Control and the Emergency Medical Response was dispatched after local authorities said three people had tested positive for the virus, an unidentified official said.

                            The development comes on the heels of the virus being detected in Rajasthan and Gujarat. According to PTI, 153 people in Rajasthan are infected with Zika. Fifty of them are pregnant women. Zika infection can lead to birth abnormalities in babies born to pregnant women.
                            ...


                            Health Ministry sends team to Madhya Pradesh after zika alert

                            By: PTI | New Delhi | Published: November 1, 2018 7:30:47 pm
                            Health Ministry sends team to Madhya Pradesh after zika alert

                            In India, the first outbreak of Zika virus was reported in Ahmedabad in January 2017 and the second in Tamil Nadu?s Krishnagiri district in July that year.
                            After Jaipur and Ahmedabad, the Union Health Ministry has now sent a team of experts to Madhya Pradesh to confirm and verify reports of Zika virus cases in the state.

                            A central team comprising of experts from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the Emergency Medical Response (EMR) have gone to the state following information about three persons being detected with Zika virus, a Health Ministry official said.

                            ?The team will verify the facts and if the information is true, it will assist the Madhya Pradesh government to replicate the measures and action plan, implemented in Jaipur and Ahmedabad, there, to prevent any possible outbreak of Zika,? he said.
                            ...
                            An intensive screening exercise is being undertaken and vector control measures have been intensified at Ahmedabad after the first case of the mosquito-borne disease was detected this year in Gujarat.
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                            • #15
                              Zika Virus strain that causes microcephaly not found in Rajasthan: ICMR
                              By Tehelka Web Desk - November 3, 201813


                              Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) under the Department of Health Research has sequenced 5 Zika virus strains collected at different time points of the Jaipur outbreak. Advanced molecular studies of Zika virus strains suggest that the known mutations linked to fetal microcephaly and high transmissibility of Zika virus in Aedes mosquitoes are not present in the current Zika virus strain that has affected Rajasthan.

                              However, the Government is maintaining a high vigil of the possibility of adverse pregnancy outcomes in women exposed to Zika virus as the strain may mutate in future or some other unknown factors may play a role in microcephaly or other birth defects.

                              The Health Ministry is reviewing the situation on a daily basis. Around 2000 samples were tested for Zika virus, of which 159 positive cases have been confirmed.
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                              Madhya Pradesh sees 3 more Zika cases, second outbreak in 2 months
                              20 hours ago

                              Three cases of Zika virus were confirmed in Madhya Pradesh by the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, on Friday, taking the total cases in India?s biggest outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease to 163.

                              a insect on the ground? Provided by Hindustan Times
                              The three cases were confirmed in Bhopal, Vidisha and Sehore districts in Madhya Pradesh, within two months of an 85-year-old woman testing positive on September 21 in Jaipur, where the virus infected 160 people. A joint team of experts from the Union health ministry?s emergency medical response wing and Delhi-based National Centre for Disease Control is investigating if the disease spread to Madhya Pradesh from Rajasthan or whether there are other sources of infection.
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                              Zika virus surfaces in MP; massive containment exercise launched
                              Around 2.8 lakh people to be surveyed by 165 teams
                              M. Poornima M. Poornima November 3, 2018 1 minute read

                              Bhopal: After detection of three cases of Zika virus in Madhya Pradesh, around 2.8 lakh people of 18 wards of Bhopal would be covered in the extensive door-to-door surveys of the health department.
                              Every house in the radius of 3 km from Char Imli area of the city would be covered under the survey. The step has been taken after a 13-year-old child residing in Char Imli area tested positive for Zika virus.

                              Similar surveys would be conducted in Sironj town of Vidisha district and Gopalpur area of Sehore district, as a 1.5-month-old and a 3-month-old, respectively have been diagnosed with the virus at those places. This is the first time that Zika virus cases have been detected in Madhya Pradesh
                              The virus has been detected in MP for the first time
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