Zika surveillance: State intensifies vector-control and source-reduction measures
Following the detection of the first case of Zika virus in Karnataka, the State Health Department has intensified containment measures to prevent further spread of the vector-borne disease. The team — comprising Smitha Rawat, Senior Regional Director, Regional Office of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in Bengaluru, Shubhangi Kulsanghe, Deputy Director at the State unit of National Centre for Disease Control and K. Regu Consultant at Kozhikode unit of NCDC — will investigate and recommend measures to check further spread during its three-day visit. The whole population has been covered in the five km surrounding radius area which includes seven villages from 2 sub-centres on Tuesday and a repeat cycle of surveillance will be done on Friday “Besides, as mandated by the ICMR, 10% of all dengue and chikungunya negative samples are being tested for Zika. Susanta Kumar Ghosh, former scientist and head, field station of ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research in Bengaluru, said Zika should be included in the routine diagnostic investigations done for suspected dengue and chikungunya cases.
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