Pakistan: 2016/2017 Chikungunya

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Source: http://dailytimes.com.pk/pakistan/19...-haunt-karachi

Chikungunya continues to haunt Karachi
Since last month 532 cases were reported from Saudabad, 41 from Lyari and 64 from Orangi Town.
Chikungunya continues to haunt Karachi
By: PPI
19-Jan-17

KARACHI: The Chikungunya viral fever continued to affect citizens in different parts of Karachi and now the viral fever cases are being reported from Orangi Town, a health official confirmed on Thursday.

Karachi Director Health Services Dr Abdul Wahid Panhwar, while talking to media, confirmed the presence of Chikungunya viral fever cases in UC-15 of Orangi Town Karachi following Saudabad and Lyari. He said these cases were reported in Urban Health Center (UHC) Orangi Town.

He informed although the intensity of Chikungunya viral fever was low in both Lyari and Orangi as compared to Saudabad, but efforts were under way to fully control the spread of viral fever in the whole city. He said the Health Services Department of Karachi has decided to launch a vector control strategy in Karachi in the light of expert opinion of entomologists and educationists...

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Source: http://dailytimes.com.pk/sindh/14-Ma...-last-4-months
?885 Chikungunya cases reported in last 4 months?
By: By Zulfiqar Kunbhar
14-Mar-17

KARACHI: 23 cases of Chikungunya have reported in first eleven days of March in Karachi, after which the total number of cases have became 885 since the first case was reported around four months ago in December 2016, official data reveals. However health experts suggest that the actual number of cases is much higher.









"Since March 01, we have received 23 suspect cases of Chikungunya," official of Sindh Health Department told Daily Times on Sunday. However, Pakistan Medical Association suggests that the actual number of cases is much higher.
In December, 2016, 405 cases, in January 359 cases and in February 98 cases were reported.
"The number of 98 cases in February were suspected whereas only 5 cases were conformed when tested from laboratory in Islamabad," said Karachi health director Dr Mohammad Taufeeq while talking to Daily Times.
According to Dr Taufeeq, the data was being collected from all public sector health hospitals and major private hospitals.
The number may seem less because there are some cases which private hospitals cater, he said. Another factor behind the 'increased number' may be is because of public unawareness as every fever is not Chikungunya...

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Source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1364901...-belt-karachi/


The Express Tribune > Pakistan > Sindh
Chikungunya engulfs coastal belt of Karachi
By Mudaser Kazi
Published: March 25, 2017

KARACHI:
Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne viral fever, has now taken over the coastal belt of Karachi after its first outbreak in Malir district last year.

Thousands of patients have flocked to the hospitals but the Sindh health department and local government have unable to provide relief to the victims. The Sindh government is still unable to test the suspected cases of Chikungunya virus, still considering it a new and unknown disease. However, the first case was tested positive in December last year when the samples were sent to Islamabad...

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Source: http://www.emro.who.int/surveillance...pril-2017.html
Surveillance, forecasting and response

Update: chikungunya cases in Pakistan, 13 April 2017

13 April 2017 ? The Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination of Pakistan has informed WHO of new figures for chikungunya cases reported in the country.
Between 19 December 2016 and 30 March 2017, a total of 1018 suspected cases of chikungunya have been reported in various districts in Karachi. No deaths have been reported so far.
Out of 157 samples sent to the National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad for laboratory-confirmation of diagnosis, 121 were found positive for Chikungunya virus.
WHO is working with the Ministry of Health and partners for coordinated response activities and capacity-building in the affected areas.
District and town health officers have been given instructions in taking appropriate preventive measures for Chikungunya fever. Pamphlets on how to identify and treat chikungunya fever cases have been distributed in hospitals and primary health centres in the area. Posters and advertisements have also been issued in the local languages. Lady health workers have been instrumental in running door-to-door educational campaigns to inform citizens about preventive measures.
Surveillance activities have been enhanced in places where high densities of vector (Aedes Aegypti mosquito) have been detected. In addition, appropriate vector control measures were carried out.

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Source: http://reliefweb.int/report/pakistan...vince-pakistan


WHO investigates outbreak of chikungunya in Balochistan province, Pakistan
Report
from World Health Organization
Published on 25 Apr 2017
25 April 2017 ? WHO and the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination of Pakistan conducted an intensive house-to-house investigation over the past few weeks to confirm an outbreak of chikungunya fever in Balochistan province in Pakistan where it has been reported for the first time.

The investigation was carried out in response to a sudden rise in the number of cases of acute febrile illness in Gwadar city in Balochistan. The number of suspected chikungunya cases reported in Balochistan as of 19 April stands at 1962. A total of 28 blood samples have tested positive for chikungunya so far.

Pakistan?s first-ever cases of chikungunya were reported in December 2016 in Karachi city in Sindh province. Between 19 December 2016 and 14 April 2017, a total of 1419 suspected cases of chikungunya have been reported in various districts in Karachi. No deaths have been reported so far...

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Source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1474269...kungunya-week/

The Express Tribune > Pakistan
Two children succumb to chikungunya in a week
By Yawar Hayat
Published: August 5, 2017

HARIPUR:
The dreaded chikungunya virus has claimed the lives of two siblings in the span of a week, spreading fear of an epidemic in Haripur city.

The virus had so far mostly been reported in the coastal belt of the country; however, recently some infected people travelling from Karachi and brought the virus with them to the hilly areas.

Recently, three busloads of people came to attend a wedding in the Abbasia Mohalla. Some of the guests were carrying, apart from their luggage, the chikungunya virus, said Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital in-charge Dr Faisal Khan, while sharing details of his investigations.

?Until recently, there were no cases of chikungunya in Haripur. However, some people coming from Karachi to attend a wedding have spread the virus,? he claimed.

As a result, two children of Nazeer Abbasi were infected by the virus and subsequently died, he said...

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Source: http://nation.com.pk/national/17-Aug...of-chikungunya

In Thar 2000 people affected with outbreak of Chikungunya
August 17, 2017, 1:09 pm

Tharparkar: In Thar virus ?Chikungunya? is getting out of Control and in span of two weeks it has affected at least 2000 people.

Including the Chachro district, 30 villages of Thar has been targeted by this viral. The higher number of patients has led to a shortage of facilities in the hospital...

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Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/201...ce-in-karachi/


Nine more Chikungunya cases surface in Karachi
Karachi
34 mins ago BY PPI

KARACHI: As many as nine more chikungunya suspected cases have been reported throughout the Karachi city, taking the number of the reported cases to 4,035 in the city since 1st January 2017.

As per report issued by Sindh Health Department, a total of 4,765 chikungunya suspected cases have been reported throughout the Sindh province out of which 4,035 emerged from Karachi and 730 from other districts of the province...