Page 2 - Zika Virus

Bharat Biotech's Zika vaccine to enter Phase 2 clinical trials soon

In 2016, Big Pharma companies like Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Merck were evaluating developing a Zika vaccine

231 cases of Zika reported from 3 states, no deaths recorded: Govt

The Union Government has been extending the requisite technical and other support to the state government in this regard, said Bharati Pravin Pawar

UP govt scales up Zika prevention measure, escalates door-to door checking

Scaling up the preventive measures to eliminate the spread of Zika virus, the Uttar Pradesh government has intensified comprehensive surveillance and has initiated doorstep surveys

Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur reports 30 more cases of Zika virus, tally at 66

The tally of Zika virus cases in Uttar Pradesh has now reached 66 after Kanpur reported 30 more cases.

Zika virus case tally in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur reaches 10, CMO confirms

Caused by a virus transmitted primarily by Aedes mosquitoes, which bite during the day, symptoms of this disease are mild fever, rash, conjunctivitis, muscle and joint pain, malaise or a headache.

Govt sends multidisciplinary team to Kanpur after Zika virus case reported

A 57-year-old man from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh tested positive for Zika virus on October 22.

UP's first Zika virus case found in Kanpur; expert team from Delhi arrives

The patient's sample was sent to to Pune for examination

No need to panic, steps taken to ensure Zika virus does not spread: Tope

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday said a three-member central team is in Pune district where a woman was diagnosed with the Zika virus recently, and urged people not to panic.

Zika virus: Centre rushes high-level team to Maharashtra,support state govt

The Union Health Ministry has rushed a multidisciplinary team to Maharashtra to monitor the Zika virus situation and support the state government in the management of cases.

First Zika virus case found in Maharashtra, officials say no need to panic

The woman patient who was diagnosed with the infection has recovered completely, the state health department said

Gennova to use mRNA tech to develop vaccines for Zika, tuberculosis

mRNA vaccines typically have stringent temperature requirements to remain stable

Three test positive for Zika virus in Kerala, taking total cases to 44

Three more persons tested positive for Zika virus in Kerala on Thursday, taking the total reported cases to 44. The three cases were reported from Thiruvanathapuram-- a 27-year-old resident near the Medical college here, 38-year-old Petta resident and a three-year-old chid from Anayara were found infected with the virus, state Health Minister Veena George said. "The infection was confirmed in the tests conducted at the medical virology lab here.The total affected in the state has gone up to 44.Currently six persons are under treatment," the minister said in a release. According to the health department, the patients have not been admitted to hospitals and all of them are stable.

Three more test positive for Zika in Kerala, total reported cases 41

Three more persons tested positive for Zika virus in the state taking the total reported cases of the infection to 41, of which 5 are active, Kerala Health Minister Veena George said on Wednesday.

Zika virus cluster identified in Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala health minister

Kerala Health Minister Veena George said a cluster of the Zika virus infection has been identified within a three-kilometre radius of Anayara locality in Thiruvananthapuram

Three more Zika virus cases reported in Kerala, total count moves to 18

Three more, including a toddler, werefound to be infected by Zika virus in Kerala on Sunday, taking the total count to 18.

Central team of experts dispatched to Kerala to monitor Zika situation

Kerala Health Minister Veena George has said that an action plan has been drawn up to control the spread of Zika.

Kerala reports first positive case of Zika virus, 13 suspected cases

Kerala Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Veena George said the first case of Zika virus has been reported in the state and the samples have been sent to NIV in Pune for final confirmation

India asks US health monitor to withdraw or modify Zika outbreak alert

The Government of India has cited studies undertaken at the National Institute of Virology, Pune, in its official communication to the CDC

Blood samples of people infected with zika virus in Bhopal sent to NIV-Pune

The number of Zika cases has mounted to 127 in Madhya Pradesh

2 persons, who tested positive for Zika, die in MP, 109 affected in state

Both the deaths were reported from the state's Bhopal district, the officials said