Five more test positive for Zika virus in Kerala

Five more people in Kerala have tested positive for the Zika virus, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 28.

Amid concerns of identifying a cluster of Zika virus in the capital city, five more people, including four women, have tested positive for the infection in Kerala, taking the caseload in the state to 28. Of the fresh cases, two were natives of Anayara here, where a cluster of the disease had been identified within a three-kilometre radius, Health Minister Veena George said on Thursday.