Pakistan: 2016/2017 Chikungunya

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Source: https://tribune.com.pk/story/1474269/two-children-succumb-chikungunya-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-2017/in-thar-2000-people-affected-with-outbreak-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/2017/11/24/nine-more-chikungunya-cases-surface-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...