Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said Zika has been reported in Kerala and it was not unexpected as it is spread by the Aedes Aegypte mosquitoes, which causes dengue and Chickungunya.
The woman patient who was diagnosed with the infection has recovered completely, the state health department said.
The United Nations has asked the international community to invest more in surveillance and control measures to check animal diseases. It also said the increased mobility of viruses and their carriers across countries is emerging as a new global threat.
It seems the killer fever is back in Kerala. Several people have died and many hospitalised with the different types of fever threatening to strike in the state.
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