Dhaka reeling from major outbreak of mosquito-borne disease chikungunya

Source: Xinhua| 2017-07-13 22:13:19|Editor: Song Lifang

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Patients with Chikungunya fever symptom queue up at a help desk at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 13, 2017. Bangladesh's capital Dhaka is reeling from a "major outbreak of chikungunya", a viral disease spread by the Aedes mosquito, which is also responsible for Zika virus, with the hospitals reporting nearly 3,000 cases of the disease since May. (Xinhua/Salim Reza)

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