Chikungunya -- Pakistan
Sindh government on [Wed 21 Dec 2016] has finally identified that _Aedes aegypti_ mosquito is responsible for spreading chikungunya virus in Karachi.
The provincial government has said that the disease would be declared epidemic after confirmation from World Health Organization (WHO).
_Aedes aegypti_, the yellow fever mosquito, is a mosquito that can also cause [transmit] dengue fever and Zika fever [viruses], etc.
On the other hand, another 700 people were admitted to Saudabad
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2hJq4A6
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