A day after a case of Zika virus was reported in Kerala for the first time, 15 more cases have tumbled out, all in the Thiruvananthapuram district.
While the index case was a 24-year-old pregnant woman from Parassala, subsequent cases have been reported largely among health workers. Samples of these patients, sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune, have come back positive for the infection. All the patients are under treatment and stable.