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Chikungunya spreads in Dhaka
Nurul Islam Hasib, bdnews24.com
Published: 2014-04-30 19:18:48.0 BdST Updated: 2014-04-30 19:18:48.0 BdST
A new disease called Chikungunya that causes painful and sometimes crippling symptoms has spread in the capital Dhaka, raising a public health alarm.
The mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus first broke out in the northern Chapainawabganj district in 2008 and a year later it was found in the north-western Sathia, and in 2011 again in northern Shibganj upazilla.
The same year it was also found in the Dhaka suburb of Dohar.
But the government?s disease monitoring arm, IEDCR, on Wednesday only confirmed its presence in the capital after testing bloods from households of four different corners...
Chikungunya spreads in Dhaka
Nurul Islam Hasib, bdnews24.com
Published: 2014-04-30 19:18:48.0 BdST Updated: 2014-04-30 19:18:48.0 BdST
A new disease called Chikungunya that causes painful and sometimes crippling symptoms has spread in the capital Dhaka, raising a public health alarm.
The mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus first broke out in the northern Chapainawabganj district in 2008 and a year later it was found in the north-western Sathia, and in 2011 again in northern Shibganj upazilla.
The same year it was also found in the Dhaka suburb of Dohar.
But the government?s disease monitoring arm, IEDCR, on Wednesday only confirmed its presence in the capital after testing bloods from households of four different corners...