Pune: Maha health dept confirms full recovery of elderly man infected with Zika virus

A 67-year old man was found infected with Zika virus in Pune city Maharashtra, but is now fully recovered and exhibiting no symptoms of the disease, the state health department said.

He had come to Bavdhan area in Pune on November 6, but had gone to Surat later. On November 16, he visited Jehangir Hospital (in Pune) for treatment of fever, cough, joint-pain and fatigue, and tests conducted in a private laboratory on November 18 confirmed he was infected with the virus, it said.

Further tests at the premier National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune again confirmed the infection, it added. In the backdrop (of the infection), the health department has intensified the epidemiological survey in Pune city and Bavdhan area, it said.

According to a report of PTI, The man, who hails from Nashik and had a travel history to Surat in neighbouring Gujarat, was found infected last month, it said in a bulletin.