2 Zika Virus Infected Persons Died in Bhopal, 109 Others Infected

Guwahati: In a recent case wherein two people died in Bhopal, reports say that the deceased was Zika virus-positive patients. As a latest update of Ziuka virus affected people in Madhya Pradesh, at least 109 other people are found infected with the virus, officials said on Tuesday.

Of the two dead, one was an 18-year-old man and the other a 23-year-old woman who were suffering from the virus of a “serious” disease.

A senior Health Ministry official said, “We cannot say these deaths were due to the Zika virus as both the deceased suffered from multiple serious ailments, besides having tested (positive) for Zika.”

Notably, of the 109 people infected with the Zika virus, 34 are pregnant women.

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