Inside Uttar Pradesh’s Zika outbreak: Can India’s most populous state contain the virus spread?

In Kanpur, the epicentre of the outbreak, delayed mosquito-control measures laid the ground for the spread of the viral infection.

Tabassum Barnagarwala

· Nov 15, 2021 · 06:30 am

Zika virus spreads to Lucknow, 111 cases found so far in Uttar Pradesh

Two cases of the mosquito-borne disease were reported in the state capital.

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· Nov 12, 2021 · 01:44 pm

Zika virus: 89 cases recorded in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur district

Seventeen children and one pregnant women were among those who have tested positive.

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· Nov 08, 2021 · 04:28 pm

Zika virus: Kanpur records 30 new cases, tally rises to 66

The infections were reported outside the three-kilometre radius marked as an area of special interest by health officials.

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· Nov 05, 2021 · 08:55 am

Zika virus: 25 new cases recorded in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur

Till Sunday, the state government had destroyed 117 mosquito breeding points in 10 localities of the district.

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· Nov 03, 2021 · 04:43 pm

Zika virus: 10 cases recorded in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur district

Three Indian Air Force personnel are among those infected.

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· Nov 01, 2021 · 01:14 pm

Zika virus: Centre sends team to Uttar Pradesh after IAF officer tests positive

At least 200 people who came in contact with the officer have been isolated, an official in Kanpur said.

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· Oct 25, 2021 · 09:39 am

Zika virus cases in Kerala rise to 48 after two more test positive

The state has four active cases at present.

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· Jul 26, 2021 · 08:34 am

Zika virus cases in Kerala jumps to 19 after 73-year-old woman tests positive

The Union health ministry has sent a team of experts to the state to help contain the mosquito-borne disease.

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· Jul 12, 2021 · 12:37 pm

Zika virus: Kerala on alert after 13 new cases reported in Thiruvananthapuram

This came a day after a pregnant woman was found to be infected with the mosquito-borne disease.

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· Jul 09, 2021 · 07:07 pm

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