US issues Zika advisory in India
16th June, 2017Category:
Taking note of the World Health Organisation (WHO) categorizing India last month as a site of active transmission of the Zika virus, the United States sent out an advisory, informing its citizens in India about the number of confirmed Zika infections in India.
The Zika virus is transmitted through the bite of an infected Aedes aegypti mosquito, which also transmits dengue and chikungunya. The WHO has placed India as a Category-2 country for Zika risk, indicating that the virus is being actively transmitted within the country. Until April 2017, India was a Category-4 country.
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