Zika virus outbreak in India is turning out to be worse in 2018, with 72 people being diagnosed with the infection, a senior health official said on Tuesday. The official said that 12 fresh cases in the past 24 hours, the number of Zika infected patients have now touched 72. “He asked them to curb mosquito breeding and also intensify vector control strategies to contain Zika outbreak,’’ another health official said. Zika virus disease is spread by daytime-active Aedes mosquitoes. This is the third Zika virus outbreak in India since January 2017.

Source: The Guardian October 16, 2018 10:18 UTC