Zika Outbreak: Kanpur Becomes Hotspot for Mosquito-borne Disease

By a staff reporter: Kanpur reported its first case of Zika virus on October 23 when a warrant officer of the IAF tested positive for the infection. With 10 more people, including three Indian Air Force personnel, testing positive for the Zika virus in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur, the total tally has jumped to 89 so far. Kanpur has become a hotspot for the mosquito-borne disease and an alert has been sounded in the city and a massive vector control drive has also been launched by the local authorities to curb the spread. 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.