Dual burden of Zika and COVID-19 in India: challenges, opportunities and recommendations

• Published in: Tropical Medicine and Health
• Main Authors: Mainak Bardhan, Debolina Pramanik, Rizana Riyaz, Mohammad Mehedi Hasan, Mohammad Yasir Essar
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2021
• Subjects: Zika; COVID-19; India; Public health; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Barré
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-021-00378-0; https://doaj.org/article/a325628854644f8fa6737ae5de75b791

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc in the world from last year, and any further insults like Zika virus will surely bring the apocalypse unto us. In July 2021, Zika began spreading in India, mainly in the state of Kerala. Zika infection resembles closely COVID-19 and other arboviral in...