Kanpur: Surge in the Zika virus stricken patients has sent the district administration into a dizzying action.
So far the tally has gone to as many as 36, a double-digit figure. The second phase of screening has begun today.
The virus is known to have spread in a 3-km radius around Chakeri Cantonment, with District Magistrate Visakh G Iyer is reported to have been visiting the home of affected.
The 25 people infected, including Air Force personnel have been isolated.
Around 150 employees of the municipal corporation are carrying out sanitisation operations in areas where infections have been reported.
These are localities like Laal Kurti, Kakori, Lal Bungalow, Qazi Kheda, Om Purwa and Harjinder Nagar.
According to District Magistrate Iyer, a total of 45,000 people have been screened in Kanpur Nagar district so far.
He has convened a meeting to discuss the situation at the Chief Minister's Office on Thursday. Among the attendees are officials of the Administrative Health Municipal Corporation.
The first Zika virus in Kanpur was reported on October 23. Within 10 days, 11 people were found to have been infected. Later 25 more were added to this tally.
The District Magistrate has said that people in the cantonment area will be tested for the virus since the source of the virus has not been found yet.
