Zika Test Positivity Rate Follows Steady Decline In Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow: Owing to the wide-scale preventative measures including comprehensive surveillance and doorstep surveys throughout the state, the Zika Test Positivity Rate — which shows the levels of infection among the people — has followed a steady decline.

Indicating a consistent decline in the number of fresh Zika virus cases, the state is currently left with 55 patients infected with the virus. As a result of the efficient screening, testing and containment measures implemented by the Uttar Pradesh government, the Zika test positivity rate in places like Prayagraj, Jhansi, Kannauj and Kanpur is recording a consistent decline.

To eliminate the spread of the Zika virus, under the stringent containment mechanism implemented by the government, the health workers are carrying out the extensive exercise of mass-scale sanitisation, state-wide surveillance drives, spraying of anti-larva chemicals, fogging and cleanliness drives.

The health workers have been paying door-to-door visits to identify patients with viral fever, vector-borne diseases and with other symptoms. The authorities are also working to create awareness on preventative measures to curb Zika with the help of posters.

Apart from ensuring proper arrangements for treatment of patients infected with Zika virus at government hospitals, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has also made it compulsory for private hospitals to provide treatment to patients infected with Zika virus and the cases of fever are being monitored via the integrated command centre to ensure there is no panic for Zika and dengue.

It is noteworthy that since the confirmation of the state's first case of Zika virus on October 22, the Uttar Pradesh government is carrying out strict testing of samples at a large scale to remove the risk of any further spread at KGMU, Lucknow.

In pursuance of the directives issued by CM Yogi Adityanath, over 73,000 surveillance committees and the ASHA workers have also been visiting households for screening, tracing patients showing viral symptoms, fever and influenza-like illness (ILI).

Covid: Out of over 1.48 L samples tested, UP reports 12 cases

Meanwhile, coronavirus cases have fallen sharply in UP since the devastating months at the start of the year. The Active Caseload has been reduced to 101 pushing the Recovery Rate up to a remarkable 98.8 percent.

The most populous state has conducted over 1.48 lakh tests in the span of the last 24 hours out of which merely 12 samples tested positive. As many as 6 patients also recovered at the same time. Till now, over 16,87,289 coronavirus patients have recovered from the disease.