Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India] : With 13 new cases of Zika virus reported in Kanpur on Saturday, the total tally of cases of the mosquito-borne disease in the Uttar Pradesh district stands at 79 as it stepped up surveillance to check its spread, health officials said.
Dr Anil Nigam Chief Medical Superintendent, Ursala Hospital while speaking to ANI said, “Regularly our team is inspecting and Municipal corporation teams have also been deployed for the fogging to destroy mosquito breeding points.” “Zika virus infection is spreading rapidly in Kanpur. In this case, special caution is required. Arrangements have been made in all hospitals for the treatment of virus-infected people. The health of each patient is being monitored. Surveillance has been improved,” health officials said.
In view of rising cases of the Zika virus in Kanpur, the CM Yogi instructed officials to speed up sanitisation work.
“Infection with the Zika virus is spreading rapidly in Kanpur. Considering the seriousness, special caution is required. Dengue testing should also be intensified. Arrangements should have been made in all hospitals. The health of each patient should be continuously monitored,” the chief minister added.
The chief minister asked officials to ensure full cooperation of monitoring committees.
Government Hospitals across Kanpur have sounded an alert and intensified surveillance under its infectious disease control campaign to identify cases of infection, including Zika virus disease, in the early stages, health officials said.
He further added, “Till now no Zika infected patient has been admitted in our hospital but the ward has been kept tight.”
Zika is a mosquito-borne virus that spreads through the bite of an infected Aedes species of mosquito, which bites during the day, symptoms of this disease are mild fever, rashes, conjunctivitis, muscle and joint pain, malaise or a headache.

Yogi holds high-level meeting on COVID vaccination, increase in Dengue, Zika infections

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India] : In a high-level meeting held on Saturday, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath released detailed guidelines on COVID-19 vaccination, the spread of Zika virus in the state and other issues in the state.
Instructing the officials regarding the COVID-19 vaccination, the Chief Minister said “a target should be set to vaccinate up to 25-30 lakh people on daily basis in the next two months.” He asked the state’s Additional Chief Secretary of Health to speed up the COVID-19 vaccination process by holding a meeting with all the CMOs of the state. “The action on vaccination has to be accelerated,” the Chief Minister said.
Speaking further, Adityanath noted that due to the correct implementation of the policy of “tracing, testing, treatment and vaccination”, there is effective control on COVID-19 infection in the state.
“In the last 24 hours, 72 thousand 969 samples were tested and only 7 were infected with the virus. On Saturday, the total number of active COVID-19 cases in the state is 83, while 16 lakh 87 thousand 207 patients have defeated Corona,” the CM noted.
“In many countries of the world, along with many states of the country, the number of COVID-19 cases are increasing. In such a situation, we need to be more careful,”, he added.
The chief minister further instructed that every person coming to Uttar Pradesh from other states must be investigated.”Need to be extra careful at the bus, railway stations and airport. Effective implementation of COVID-19 measure must be followed,” he added.
The Chief Minister further informed that more than 13 crores 28 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the state. “More than 3,37,70,000 people have been provided with the security cover from COVID-19 by administration of both doses of the vaccine,” the Chief Minister said.
In view of rising cases of the Zika virus in Kanpur, the CM Adityanath instructed the officials to speed up sanitisation work.
“Infection of Zika virus is spreading rapidly in Kanpur. Considering the seriousness, special caution is required,” he said.
The Chief Minister further instructed the officials to intensify the dengue testing across the state.
“Arrangements should be made in all hospitals. The health of each patient should be continuously monitored,” the minister added.