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Bangladesh capital reeling from major outbreak of mosquito-borne disease chikungunya
Source: Xinhua| 2017-07-12 19:09:54|Editor: Song Lifang
by Naim-Ul-Karim
DHAKA, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh's capital Dhaka is reeling from a "major outbreak of chikungunya", a viral disease spread by the Aedes mosquito, which is also responsible for Zika virus, with the hospitals reporting nearly 3,000 cases of the disease since May.
"We're currently facing a major outbreak of chikungunya," Professor Meerjady Sabrina Flora, head of the country's Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) under the Health Ministry, told Xinhua on Wednesday.
She said, "A total of 2,700 chikungunya cases have so far been reported to the IEDCR from hospitals and clinics in Dhaka since May."
A few cases of chikungunya that is a viral disease transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes have also been reported to the IEDCR from Bangladesh's eastern Narsingdi and southwestern Gopalganj district, she added.
IEDCR chief said the disease virtually swept through over capital Dhaka areas in June and it's continuing...
Bangladesh capital reeling from major outbreak of mosquito-borne disease chikungunya
Source: Xinhua| 2017-07-12 19:09:54|Editor: Song Lifang
by Naim-Ul-Karim
DHAKA, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh's capital Dhaka is reeling from a "major outbreak of chikungunya", a viral disease spread by the Aedes mosquito, which is also responsible for Zika virus, with the hospitals reporting nearly 3,000 cases of the disease since May.
"We're currently facing a major outbreak of chikungunya," Professor Meerjady Sabrina Flora, head of the country's Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) under the Health Ministry, told Xinhua on Wednesday.
She said, "A total of 2,700 chikungunya cases have so far been reported to the IEDCR from hospitals and clinics in Dhaka since May."
A few cases of chikungunya that is a viral disease transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes have also been reported to the IEDCR from Bangladesh's eastern Narsingdi and southwestern Gopalganj district, she added.
IEDCR chief said the disease virtually swept through over capital Dhaka areas in June and it's continuing...
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