Kerala capital reports 1 more Zika case, taking tally to 19
The Hindu
Almost all cases so far are linked to a private hospital
Zika virus (ZIKV) infection was confirmed in one more person in Thiruvananthapuram, taking the total number of cases reported so far in Kerala to 19. All lab-confirmed cases are from the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation limits, though an alert has been sounded across the State. The latest case was confirmed in a 73-year-old woman, a resident of Puthenthopu in the capital, who had come to the private hospital from where the first case of ZIKV was confirmed. Almost all of the lab-confirmed cases of ZIKV so far are epidemiologically linked to this private hospital and a chunk of the cases were reported amongst the hospital staff themselves, health officials said.
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