The family of Ramendra Pandey (65), the first person to be documented of dying due to a chikungunya-related cause in a Delhi hospital, is under shock. It began with high fever a week ago, for which a doctor near his Ghaziabad house prescribed a paracetamol. Read more: NCR reports its first ever chikungunya death, Delhi infections cross 1,000 markPandeys’ neighbours said mosquito-borne diseases are common in Ghaziabad’s upmarket Chander Nagar. Even auto-rickshaw drivers do not cross the signal, let alone MCD workers, say residents. “I have seen so many chikungunya cases, but I have never seen a death.

Source: Hindustan Times September 15, 2016 19:07 UTC