Early Rise in Chikungunya Cases: Here Are the DOs and DON’Ts

At least 79 cases have been reported in Delhi in 2017, even though the season of the disease had ended in December.

Nearly 150 cases of chikungunya and 87 cases of dengue have already been reported in Delhi, even before the onset of monsoon.

Last year, the epidemic reached alarming proportions, with Delhi alone recording 7,760 chikungunya and 4,431 dengue cases, 10 years after a big outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease in the country in 2006.

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