After Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj reports first Zika virus case

Zika virus is spread through the bite of an infected Aedes species of mosquito, which bites during the day. 

New Delhi: After Kanpur, now Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj district has registered the first case of Zika virus. The mosquito-borne disease was reported in a 45-year-old male who was staying at Shivrajpur village of Kanpur, Chief Medical Officer Dr Vinod Kumar said on Saturday (November 6). 

"After the Zika-positive man complained of fever, the doctors took his sample on November 3. The health department got alert as soon as he tested positive," Kumar told ANI. 

Further, he said that the samples of 19 people who came in contact with the patient have been taken for examination.