Kanpur: The health department team collected samples of several people but only nine suspected patients with Zika virus symptoms have also been reported.
About 70 health department teams are conducting door-to-door surveys at Pardevanpur and Pokharapur under the guidance of a central team from Delhi and experts from Lucknow.
An Air Force personnel living in Pardevanpur had a report confirming a Zika virus infection, but it is yet to be ascertained from where the air force personnel caught the infection.
The health department team is investigating the matter.
About 4,500 households in Pokharpur and Pardevanpur have been surveyed so far.
There have been 9 suspected patients with Zika virus symptoms.
In addition, samples of those who have returned from foreign travel have also been collected and sent for examination.
Similarly, 16 pregnant women within a radius of 3 km are also being monitored.
Health department teams going door to door are preparing a detailed report of Zika virus symptoms in pregnant women and people returning from outside.
A massive army of doctors and staff has been deployed to detect the Zika virus.
ACMO level officers have been deployed for this. Similarly, six medical officers have also been deployed to monitor 70 teams.
