Dhaka chikungunya outbreak nears 3,000
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#2WGFX)
An outbreak of the mosquito borne viral disease, chikungunya (CHIKV), has struck Bangladesh's capital of Dhaka, according to officials at the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR). Since May, Dhaka has seen 2,700 CHIKV cases, which prompted IEDCR head, Professor Meerjady Sabrina Flora to say, "We're currently facing a major outbreak of chikungunya". "So far we ["]
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