Nashik Municipal Corporation alerts hospitals after person tests Zika virus positive
The Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has issued a cautionary alert to all hospitals under its jurisdiction following a positive Zika virus case approximately one month ago. The infected individual, a 22-year-old, received successful treatment in a private hospital, with blood and urine samples subsequently sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) Pune for further analysis, confirming the Zika virus infection.
Conducting an extensive survey in the Bharat Nagar slum area of Nashik, where the patient resides, the NMC has proactively sent samples from all 91 women in the locality to the NIV for testing. Given the significance of protecting pregnant women from Zika, these women have been advised to sleep under mosquito nets. Authorities assured the public that there is no cause for panic, asserting control over the situation.
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