Zika warning: India asks US health agency to ‘withdraw or modify’ travel advisory

Officials told The Indian Express that the government took exception to the use of ‘endemic’ in the advisory issued on December 13.

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· Dec 29, 2018 · 09:44 am

Zika warning: US agency advises pregnant women not to travel to Rajasthan

Tourism in the state may be affected because of the advisory issued by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention last week, a report said.

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· Dec 20, 2018 · 10:17 am

Zika strains in Jaipur do not have mutations linked to fetal microcephaly, says health ministry

The government said 159 Zika cases have been confirmed in Rajasthan so far.

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· Nov 03, 2018 · 08:15 pm

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.

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· Nov 01, 2018 · 07:22 pm

Zika does what dengue could not: Forces Rajasthan to start mosquito control initiatives

A health official said that vector control in Jaipur was “sub-optimal” even after 15 days after the Zika outbreak came to light.

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· Nov 01, 2018 · 02:30 pm

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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· Oct 31, 2018 · 07:30 am

Zika virus: Centre sends medical team to Rajasthan as number of cases rises to 100

A Union Health Ministry official said the team of experts will change the insecticides being used to kill mosquitoes.

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· Oct 18, 2018 · 08:39 am

Zika cases rise to 80 in Rajasthan, Centre asks National Centre for Disease Control to monitor daily

Health Minister JP Nadda said his ministry was coordinating with the Rajasthan government on a daily basis.

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· Oct 16, 2018 · 09:38 pm

Zika virus: Twelve new cases reported in Jaipur, number goes up to 72

A state health department official said that 60 of the patients have been treated back to health.

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· Oct 15, 2018 · 09:02 pm

Zika virus: Five new cases detected in Jaipur, total number now up to 60

Fogging is being carried out in the heavily-affected Shastri Nagar area to control the spread of the virus.

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· Oct 15, 2018 · 10:58 am

Zika virus: 18 more people test positive in Rajasthan, total number of infected persons now 50

The number of monitoring teams in Jaipur has been increased from 50 to 170, and an isolation ward has been created.

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· Oct 13, 2018 · 12:51 pm

Health ministry confirms 29 Zika cases in Jaipur, deputes high-level committee for control measures

The ministry said a team of experts has been monitoring the situation and helping with containment operations since October 5.

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· Oct 09, 2018 · 11:07 am