Man tests positive for Zika virus in UP's Kanpur; Central team rushed to state
Jasleen Kaur
October 25th 2021 04:35 PM --
Updated:
October 25th 2021 04:46 PM
The Union Health Ministry has sent a high-level multi-disciplinary team to Uttar Pradesh (UP) where a Zika virus case has been reported from Kanpur. A 57-year-old man from Kanpur tested positive for Zika virus on October 22.
Zika virus is a single-stranded RNA virus of the Flaviviridae family, genus Flavivirus. Zika virus is transmitted to humans primarily through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito.
Common symptoms of Zika virus
-PTC News