India's Kerala state on alert after 15 cases reported

On Jul 9, 2021

Health authorities in the Indian state of Kerala have declared a state of alert in all districts after identifying 15 cases of Zika virus.

Kerala Health Minister Veena George confirmed the infections in Trivandrum (now Thiruvananthapuram) district.

India reported a Zika outbreak in the western state of Gujarat in 2016-17.

The mosquito-borne virus has been linked to shrunken brains in children and a rare auto-immune disease called Guillain-Barre syndrome. (BBC News)