Chikungunya — Pakistan
A special team of doctors rushed to Tharparkar [Sindh] on [Mon 7 Aug 2017] amid reports of an outbreak of chikungunya in the arid region although Sindh health authorities sought to downplay the threat from the viral disease.
A total of 78 positive cases of chikungunya had been reported in Tharparkar so far since January to August [2017]. Director of malaria control programme Dr Nahid Jamali and dengue control programme manager Dr Rasheed Shaikh, who were part of the team, said they had
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