Zika virus hits India and they try to hide it!

[Enigma_]

Officials in India knew about the country’s first case of Zika virus infection months ago. But they didn't alert the public because they didn’t want “people to start panicking,” one health official said this week.

Three confirmed cases of Zika infections in the western Indian state of Gujarat were reported by the World Health Organization in an online bulletin posted Friday, months after the first patient’s blood sample initially tested positive for the virus.

Government officials knew about India's first Zika infection in early November when a pregnant woman in the city of Ahmedabad, in Gujarat, delivered a healthy baby but developed a low-grade fever. Further tests confirmed her diagnosis in January, said J.P. Gupta, health commissioner of Gujarat.

Two more Zika cases from the same city were confirmed by government laboratories by February.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-case-for-months-but-they-didnt-tell-anybody/

 

[Hornbill]

The cases in Ahmedabad district were confirmed by January 4, 2017. In just about a week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship project to attract foreign investors, Vibrant Gujarat, was scheduled to take place. A travel advisory at this time could have ruined the summit. Two independent sources, one of whom is highly placed in the Health Ministry, confirmed that the investment summit was the reason for covering up the Zika cases.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/nation...nce-on-zika/article18662420.ece?homepage=true

No wonder Gujarat's social indicators are at low level, it seems like primary duty of government is to protect corporate interests.

 

[SandyB]

Well they have to keep up the Image of Gujarat as the blueprint of shining India. Let a few patriots sacrifice their lives for the greater good.

 

[IAJ]

Sad stuf, does the article say how many has been infected after those early 3 cases?