7-year-old girl found infected with Zika virus in Maharashtra’s Palghar district

Maharashtra, 13/7:A seven-year-old girl has been found infected with Zika virus in Palghar district of Maharashtra, the state health department said on Wednesday.

 

 

The girl is a resident of an ashram shala (residential schools for tribal children) in Talasari taluka of Palghar district located adjoining Mumbai.

 

The first-ever Zika virus case in the state was reported in Pune in July 2021.