Zika, a mosquito-borne viral infection, was confirmed in an employee of one of the courts at the district court complex at Thalassery on Saturday through blood tests.
The Zika-positive sample was one among the several blood samples that had been sent to the National Institute of Virology at Alappuzha by the Kannur district medical administration. The blood samples had been sent for virological analysis after several court employees and judicial officers complained of feeling uneasiness, fatigue, rashes on the skin, headache and joint pain a few days ago. Many of them had been experiencing the symptoms for over 10 days, it was said.
The three courts functioning in the district court complex have remained closed since Wednesday because of the “mystery ailments” reported by several court employees all at once. Following this, the district health administration had collected blood samples from over 50 persons who had complained of symptoms for lab analysis
