Alert in Kanpur: 10 more people including IAF personnel test positive for Zika virus

Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur has become a hotspot for the mosquito-borne disease Zika and a massive vector control drive has also been launched by the local authorities to curb the spread.

10 more people, have tested positive for the Zika virus in Kanpur, taking the tally of such cases to 89 so far. Of the total infected people, 12 are Indian Air Force personnel.

Out of the 89 infected people, 55 are men and 34 are women.

Health teams have collected samples of 525 people who were in close contact with the infected people and living in the radius of 3 km of the IAF station hangars for testing.

The first case of the virus was reported in the Kanpur city on October 23 when a warrant officer of the IAF tested positive for the infection.

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