After the health ministry held the Dhaka North and South city corporations responsible for the spread of chikungunya disease, Mayor Huq emerged before the media on Friday. He claimed the viral disease was spreading fast because of mosquito populations inside households, rather than those growing out of the city's drainage system. “…it is not possible for the City Corporation to hunt mosquitoes inside your homes. The symptoms of dengue and chikungunya are almost similar, but joint pains are more severe in cases of chikungunya, doctors say. Mosquito-borne viral disease, chikungunya was first described during an outbreak in southern Tanzania in 1952.

Source: bd News24 July 15, 2017 09:22 UTC