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Mosquito-borne chikungunya virus running riot in New Delhi

A Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) worker (L) fumigates the area to prevent mosquitoes from breeding as residents look on in New Delhi on September 9, 2016. (AFP)

Sanjay Sethi
Press TV, New Delhi

India’s capital New Delhi is the epicenter of the chikungunya epidemic, a viral disease spread by the Aedes mosquitoes. The symptoms are severe joint pains, nausea, headaches and fever. As our correspondent Sanjay Sethi reports, hospitals are working round the clock to deal with an influx of patients.


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