Chikungunya

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Chikungunya is mostly not fatal but its pain can be highly traumatizing.

The unofficial figures of Chikungunya in Delhi are more than double the official figures.

Chikungunya and dengue continued to wreak havoc in Delhi with the death toll from the two vector-borne diseases climbing to 30 on Thursday even as the number of affected people crossed 2,800. The death toll due to dengue rose to 18 with half of the fatalities reported from AIIMS.

Chikungunya has struck more people than dengue this year, so far.As per the data of the National Institute of Virology (NIV), of the 586 samples screened here for Chikungunya, 311 (54%) tested positive for the disease.

The cases of Chikungunya, a vector-borne ailment like dengue, surged considerably in the city in the past four months.

The district has not reported even a single case of Chikungunya till September this year.

Here’s good news for anyone affected by Chikungunya this year: the virus is unlikely to infect them ever again. This has been confirmed to TOI by virologists from AIIMS who said that the Chikungunya virus has only one serotype and hence the risk of repeated infection is minimal.

Rash all over the body with itching as well as redness over face and joints were prominently being seen among Chikungunya patients in the city, besides fever and weakness, treating doctors said.

Kolkata is experiencing a surge in Chikungunya cases, with hundreds affected by fever, joint pain, and shivering. While dengue cases remain low, Chikungunya has seen a late increase, particularly in the Dum Dum area. Doctors are concerned about underreporting due to limited testing and overlapping symptoms with dengue.

Chikungunya cases in Ahmedabad registered a 645% increase in September and October as compared to 2019. The city reported 410 cases of Chikungunya in the two months. The figure was 55 during the same period in 2019.

Eleven persons tested positive for Chikungunya and 31 others for dengue on Friday.With these fresh cases, the number of positive cases of chickengunya has reached 58 and dengue 318 in the district.

A 75-year-old man from south Delhi on Thursday succumbed to Chikungunya complications at a Delhi hospital, taking to 12 the number of fatalities due to the vector-borne disease in the national capital that is battling a severe viral onslaught.

A number of citizens in the city are testing positive for Chikungunya, but these cases are still fewer than the dengue caseload.

An 80-year-old man from Ghaziabad has died of Chikungunya complications at a private hospital in Delhi, as the toll from the vector-borne disease mounted to six in the national capital.