The government’s disease monitoring arm, IEDCR, has asked people to be aware of the viral infection that has some similarities with dengue fever caused by Aedes Aegypti mosquito. IEDCR Senior Scientific Officer Dr ASM Alamgir told bdnews24.com that Chikungunya is spreading in the capital with sporadic rains. So the key is to use mosquito nets whenever you go to bed even in daytime.”Both dengue and Chikungunya show some common symptoms such as fever, pain. It involves all the joints,” Dr Alamgir said. “We have to educate the patient and other members in the household about the risk of transmission to others and the ways to minimise the risk,” Dr Alamgir said.

Source: bd News24 May 16, 2017 15:45 UTC