Kanpur: The Zika virus infection has been confirmed among 133 people in the most affected Kanpur.
The number of patients has now increased to five after two more new infected were found in Lucknow on Wednesday.
Apart from this, one patient each has also been found in Kannauj and Unnao. After which the number of Zika infected patients in UP has increased to 140.
On Wednesday, Zika virus infection was confirmed in one patient each in Alambagh and LDA Colony of Lucknow.
Symptoms similar to dengue were showing in both the patients, but the test was found to be Zika positive.
The Health Department has declared the area as a Containment Zone and has taken samples for examination of other family members who came in contact.
Since the first case came to light in Kanpur a month ago, the health department has been trying to stop the infection, but till now more than 6 km area has been contaminated.
Lucknow District Magistrate Abhishek Prakash has said that the areas from where the patients have come should be intensively investigated by making them containment zones.
Not only this, but several teams have been deployed for investigation, who will submit their report daily.
