CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -1 India has reported the first case of ZVD from Gujarat. Subsequently, few sporadic cases (Gujarat, Tamil Nadu) and outbreaks of ZVD have been reported from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh states during 2017–2018.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to media, the state health minister of Karnataka has reported a case of Zika virus disease in Raichur District in November 2022.

Detailed explanation-3: -From the 1960s to 1980s, sporadic human infections were detected across Africa and Asia. However, since 2007 outbreaks of Zika virus disease have been recorded in Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific.

Detailed explanation-4: -Synopsis. Since its discovery in the Zika forest in Uganda in 1947, several outbreaks of ZVD have been reported from Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands. A 5-year-old girl in Karnataka has tested positive for the Zika virus, according to a Pune lab report.