The official, however, did not disclose the identity of the patient as she elaborated on the preventive measures taken by the government
A woman from Bhavnagar tested positive for Zika, becoming the first case of the vector-borne disease in the state this year. The woman had been admitted to a city hospital, said Health Commissioner Jayanti Ravi on Friday.
The official, however, did not disclose the identity of the patient as she elaborated on the preventive measures taken by the government.
According to the top official, the woman was recently brought to the Civil Hospital for fever and she tested positive for Zika on Thursday. Blood samples of nearly 20 more suspected patients were sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune, on October 22, said officials.
Vijay Nehra, Ahmedabad municipal commissioner, said a woman from Amraiwadi area tested positive. "We have got the result today. She has been discharged from the hospital." He said the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has swung into action.
"We did not wait for the woman's results, which came only today. As we considered it a suspected case of Zika, we formed 390 teams and have screened over 7.33 lakh people since October 22. Intense fogging was carried out to control the mosquito menace in the city," he said.
The virus can affect the health of unborn child if a pregnant woman gets the infection, he said.
Following a Zika outbreak in Rajasthan, an alert had been sounded out to neighbouring states. A district health official from Sabarkantha said that they were screening people suffering from fever, at the ST Bus terminus where buses come from Rajasthan. The civic body has taken containment measures and has created a special ward at VS Hospital to treat suspected Zika cases and Zika positive cases, said officials.
As on Tuesday, the total number of Zika positive cases in Rajasthan stood at 131. Of these, 41 were pregnant women, said officials.
— PTI inputs
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