First locally transmitted chikungunya case found in Singapore

Singapore's Ministry of Health and environment bureau issued a press release on the 17th,Singapore has now found the first locally transmitted case of chikungunyasaid thatSingapore's Ministry of Health received a report on the 14th of this monththata 2
7-year-old foreign man living in the south-central region ofhad chikungunyaSince the patient has not left Singapore forin the past few months,believe it is the first case caused by a local infection of the virus in SingaporePrevious lying,Singapore has also detected cases of chikungunya, including 10 last year, but all of the patients have been infected with the virus in foreign countriesThe Ministry of Health and the Environment Department of Singapore immediately examined residents near the patient's home and found that five other people were also suffering from the diseaseThey have been taken to hospital
for further testing, and two of them need to be hospitalized for observation and treatment Singapore's Ministry of Health said that like dengue fever, chikungunya is an acute infectious disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, with clinical symptoms such as sudden fever
headaches, headaches
, vomiting , joint pain and lower back pain, and the most effective response is to take preventive measures to reduce mosquito breeding Chikungunya has reportedly plagued , some African countries in Recent years, as well as India , Sri Lanka Malaysia and Indonesia experienced a spike in infection in 2
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