Centre rushes a high-level team to Maharashtra after Zika virus case, A 50-year-old woman from Belsar village in Purandar tehsil (Pune) was diagnosed with a Zika virus infection on July 30.
Maharashtra after reporting the highest number of Covid-19 cases in the country has also reported the first cases of Zika virus. On Monday, the centre rushed a high-level team to Maharashtra after the state reported its very first case of Zika Virus. Whereas the Union Ministry of Health and Family welfare rushed a multidisciplinary team to monitor the Zika virus situation and support the State Government in the Management of the cases. A 50-year-old woman from Belsar village in Purandar tehsil (Pune) was diagnosed with a Zika virus infection on July 30.
According to the Health Ministry the team will assess whether the Union Health Ministry's Action Plan for Zika Management is being implemented or not. Whereas a three-member team consists of a public health expert from the office of regional director (Pune), a Gynaecologist from Delhi's lady Hardinge Medical College and an Entomologist from National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR), ICMR (Delhi).
According to the statement, DR. Bhagwan Pawar said the surveillance has been increased in four to five villages within the radius of Belsar village, whereas "samples of suspected patients are being collected and sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune. The breeding spots of mosquitoes are being destroyed in villages. "
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