Colombia passes 250,000 chikungunya cases, new Puerto Rico flight causes concern
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#6WKW)
The chikungunya epidemic in the Americas continues to be fueled by activity in Colombia, which accounted for the vast majority of news suspected and confirmed cases reported by UN health agencies this week. The new total cases in the Western Hemisphere stands at 1,367,781 since the first cases were reported in the Caribbean in Dec. ["]