Lok Sabha Question No. 193 (STARRED), answered on 2021-12-10
Subject: Vector borne Diseases
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Mahendra Singh Solanky, Rajendra Agrawal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.193 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## VECTOR BORNE DISEASES

## *193. SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH SOLANKY: SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of cases of vector borne diseases like Zika Virus and Dengue reported, State/UT-wise, particularly in Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) whether the Government has a surveillance mechanism in place for detection of Zika virus;
- (c) if so, whether the Government proposes to conduct testing in this regard in a phased manner in the country;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  start  any  national  programme  for  the prevention, control and elimination of such diseases and if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government to create awareness about vector-borne diseases;
- (e) the test positivity rate of Zika Virus, State/UT-wise particularly in Uttar Pradesh;
- (f)  whether  the  Government  has  constituted  a  team  to  monitor  the  prevention  and treatment of Zika virus; and
- (g) whether a vaccine has been developed in the country to curb the virus and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(DR MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

- (a) to (g) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 193* FOR 10 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

During  2021  (till  5 th December),  total  number  of  1,77,695  cases  of  Dengue  and  237 cases  of  Zika  Virus  have  been  reported.  The  States/UTs  wise  details  of  Dengue  and Zika  virus  including  Madhya  Pradesh,  Odisha,  Rajasthan  and  Uttar  Pradesh  are  at Annexure .

Detection of various diseases including Zika Virus is monitored under the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), under NHM in all States/UTs. Its objective is to  detect  and  respond  to  outbreaks  of  epidemic  prone  diseases  including  vaccine preventable disease. All the Zika virus outbreaks in India have been detected through IDSP network.

At  present  132  number  of    Virus  Research  &  Diagnostic  Laboratories    (VRDLs)  are engaged in ZVD surveillance.  Adequate quantity of reagents/test kits are available at these  laboratories.    Till  November,  2021,  approximately  130,000  human  serum  and urine samples have been screened through this meachnism.

The  National  Vector  Borne  Diseases  Control  Programme  (NVBDCP)  for  prevention and  control  of  six  vector  borne  diseases  including  Dengue  is  administered  by  the National Centre for Vector Borne Diseases Control (NCVBDC) under the overarching umbrella scheme of National Health Mission (NHM).

For creating awareness among general public about vector borne diseases on Dengue, the  Government of India observes disease-specific 'days' and 'months', for example, 'National  Dengue  Day'  (NDD)  on  16 th May  and  'World  Malaria  Day'  on  25 th April every  year.    The  20 th August  is  observed  as  'World  Mosquito  Day'.  Similarly,  the months  of  June  and  July  are  observed  as  'Anti  Malaria  Month'  and  'Anti  Dengue Month'  respectively.  Under  these  programmes  various  messages  were  disseminated through Social media.

This  year,  Information,  Education  and  Communication  (IEC)  activities  like  audio campaigns through All India Radio, FM channels, community radio across the country, the advocacy, and dissemination of messages on prevention and control of Dengue at India International Trade Fair (IITF) 2021 were undertaken.

The Zika virus infection cases have been reported from four states i.e., Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Kerala and Delhi in 2021. Among these states, Uttar Pradesh has reported maximum cases.  A total of 8627 samples were tested of which 152 were found positive amounting to a  positivity rate of 1.7%.

Central teams are constituted by MoHFW as and when outbreaks are reported by any State / UTs. These teams help the State to prepare micro plan for containment of the disease  and  institute  suitable  preventive  and  control  measures.  This  year  such  multidisciplinary  teams  were  deputed  to  the  States  of  Kerala  (in  July),  Maharashtra  (in August) and Uttar Pradesh (in October).

At  present,  no  vaccine  or  specific  treatment  is  available  against  Zika  virus.  As  per information  available  with  ICMR,  Bharat  Biotech  International  Ltd.  is  developing  an inactivated vaccine for Zika virus disease. Development of this vaccine is currently at clinical trials stage.

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## Annexure

## State-wise cases of Dengue and Zika virus in the Country in 2021 (till 5 th  December)

| S.No.   | State                     |   Dengue Cases |   Zika Virus Cases |
|---------|---------------------------|----------------|--------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh            |           4214 |                  0 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh         |              3 |                  0 |
| 3       | Assam                     |             87 |                  0 |
| 4       | Bihar                     |            614 |                  0 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh              |            967 |                  0 |
| 6       | Goa                       |           1173 |                  0 |
| 7       | Gujarat                   |          10230 |                  0 |
| 8       | Haryana                   |          11493 |                  0 |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh          |            339 |                  0 |
| 10      | Jharkhand                 |            190 |                  0 |
| 11      | Karnataka                 |           6345 |                  0 |
| 12      | Kerala                    |           3794 |                 83 |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh            |          14756 |                  0 |
| 14      | Meghalaya                 |            128 |                  0 |
| 15      | Maharashtra               |          11532 |                  1 |
| 16      | Manipur                   |            179 |                  0 |
| 17      | Mizoram                   |             58 |                  0 |
| 18      | Nagaland                  |             19 |                  0 |
| 19      | Odisha                    |           7340 |                  0 |
| 20      | Punjab                    |          23024 |                  0 |
| 21      | Rajasthan                 |          19633 |                  0 |
| 22      | Sikkim                    |            210 |                  0 |
| 23      | Tamil Nadu                |           4730 |                  0 |
| 24      | Tripura                   |            165 |                  0 |
| 25      | Telangana                 |           6442 |                  0 |
| 26      | Uttar Pradesh             |          28945 |                152 |
| 27      | Uttarakhand               |            737 |                  0 |
| 28      | West Bengal               |           2878 |                  0 |
| 29      | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |            162 |                  0 |
| 30      | Chandigarh                |           1506 |                  0 |
| 31      | Delhi                     |          12182 |                  1 |
|         | Dadra &Nagar Haveli       |            513 |                  0 |
| 32      | Daman & Diu               |            266 |                  0 |
| 33      | Jammu & Kashmir           |           1613 |                  0 |
| 34      | Ladakh                    |              0 |                  0 |
| 35      | Lakshadweep               |              0 |                  0 |
| 36      | Puducherry                |           1228 |                  0 |
|         | Country Total             |         177695 |                237 |