NEW DELHI: As many as 31 persons have reportedly been infected with Zika virus in India's central state of Madhya Pradesh, local media reported Sunday. Although some media reported that two persons died due to Zika virus, state health department officials stated that the cause of these deaths has ...

NEW DELHI: The spread of Zika virus has been brought under control in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, state health minister Kalicharan Saraf confirmed on Saturday. Speaking to Xinhua over phone from the state capital Jaipur, Saraf said, "There have been no deaths in the state due to Zika ...

New Delhi: India's Zika outbreak is spreading, with officials saying Sunday that the mosquito-borne virus has been detected in the western state of Gujarat after nearly 150 cases were reported this year in neighbouring Rajasthan. Health authorities in Gujarat said a woman tested positive for Zika ...

NEW DELHI: In Idian Rajasthan, the total number of Zika Virus infected cases has risen to 94 in Jaipur. 14 new cases have been tested positive in the last 24 hours. According to the Indian Health Department, Zika cases have also been reported in areas apart from Shastri Nagar, Vidhyadhar Nagar and ...

MIAMI, (APP/AFP) - Zika has been around for decades but only recently began to cause birth defects due to a single mutation the mosquito-borne virus likely acquired in 2013, researchers said Thursday. The report in the US journal Science explains for the first time how this once relatively ...

According to arab news, Ministry of Health official said that Saudi Arabia has issued the vaccination and health requirements for pilgrims applying for Haj visas.The requirements for this year focus on the likes of the Zika virus, dengue, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS), yellow ...

India has reported cases of the Zika virus, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, adding that efforts should be made to strengthen surveillance.The WHO said that on May 15 India’s health ministry reported three confirmed cases from the western state of Gujarat. Cases were detected during ...

ISLAMABAD (APP): More than two billion people could be at risk from Zika virus outbreaks in parts of Africa and Asia including Pakistan, according to scientists.Populations in South Asia, Indonesia and Nigeria are some of the most vulnerable to transmission, the researchers said using data on air ...

WASHINGTON (APP) - US researchers have identified antibodies in lab mice that may be able to prevent infection with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, in what they described Wednesday as a "significant step" toward a vaccine.The team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis published ...

MONTREAL: (APP) A Canadian University said Tuesday it will conduct the world's first Zika vaccine test on humans as health authorities scramble to counter the explosively spreading virus.The Zika vaccine that's under development will be administered to humans "in the coming days," Universite Laval, ...