AS A MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRAL DISEASE, CHIKUNGUNYA SPREAD ACROSS MULTIPLE COUNTRIES, THE NIGERIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, NCDC HAS ADVISED NIGERIANS TO REMAIN VIGILANT.
NCDC ISSUED THE PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY VIA ITS X HANDLE TODAY, FOLLOWING REPORTS FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION AND THE EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL INDICATING THAT MORE THAN 240,000 CASES AND 90 DEATHS HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN AT LEAST 16 COUNTRIES THIS YEAR.
ACCORDING TO REPORTS, CHINA ALONE HAS REPORTED NEARLY 5,000 CASES SINCE JULY, WITH GUANGDONG PROVINCE ACCOUNTING FOR ABOUT 3,000 CASES IN ONE WEEK.
ALTHOUGH, NIGERIA HAS NOT RECORDED ANY CASE THIS YEAR, THE NCDC WARNED THAT ONGOING FLOODING AND FAVOURABLE MOSQUITO BREEDING CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY IN HIGH-RISK STATES, INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF OUTBREAKS OF CHIKUNGUNYA, YELLOW FEVER, AND DENGUE.
