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Uttar Pradesh: 175 IAF officials tested for Zika virus, report awaited

Dr GK Mishra, additional director, Medical Health and Family Welfare, Kanpur division, said, 'Along with 175 blood and urine samples of Air Force staff, nearly 76 blood and urine samples of the civilians residing within the radius of 3 kms of Pokharpur'

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Teams of health officials from Lucknow and Delhi have procured blood and urine samples of 175 Air Force personnel.

Dr GK Mishra, additional director, Medical Health and Family Welfare, Kanpur division, said, "Along with 175 blood and urine samples of Air Force staff, nearly 76 blood and urine samples of the civilians residing within the radius of 3 kms of Pokharpur -- the area where the first Zika patient lives -- have been taken on Thursday by a health department team to track the Zika case, if any. (The first Zika patient detected in Uttar Pradesh is an IAF personnel)

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