She is under treatment at the moment.
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In response, Karnataka health officials, who visited Sudha at the city hospital on Monday, have asked the Sports Authority of India to submit the list of athletes who trained at the South Centre here, for a follow-up, it is learnt. Besides dengue and malaria, the athlete is being investigated for a possible Zika virus infection. In fact, many sportspersons had withdrawn from the Olympics due to zika fears. “She is being kept inside a mosquito net in an isolation room to ensure that the zika infection – if she has it – does not spread to others”, said Dr B D Athani, special director general in charge of the case at the Union health ministry. And if it isn’t Zika, is it another strain of a viral?
Lalita (women’s 3,000m steeplechase) and Jaisha (women’s marathon) are said to have left the SAI hostel here. Brazil has the highest rate of infection, followed by Colombia. “We have instructed authorities at the Kempegowda International Airport to conduct surveillance since March this year as per a central government directive to isolate passengers coming from areas vulnerable to Zika and with possibility of getting infected by the virus”. She will take time to recover.
Marathon runner OP Jaisha, who returned with Sudha on Saturday, has shown similar but milder symptoms. “We had arranged for her admission in the hospital but she did not want go”. “The investigation whether it is Zika is standard protocol”.
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Sudha Singh’s blood samples have been sent for testing to a virology lab, Sunder has confirmed. “We can confirm it only after this”, he added.
