35 confirmed chikungunya deaths in Colombia
Colombia has had 35 deaths due to the chikungunya virus, according to the country’s National Health Institute.
Colombia has had 35 deaths due to the chikungunya virus, according to the country’s National Health Institute.
The number of Chikungunya cases in Colombia has multiplied by 14 times in five months. The virus has infected more than 200,000 people, according to the national health institute INS.
Authorities in the north of Colombia have reported a dramatic rise in cases of the dangerous Chikungunya virus in the past days.
More than 5,000 Colombians have been infected by the dangerous new virus Chickungunya, local media reported on Wednesday.
The Ministry of Health has announced that as many as 670,000 Colombians could be infected with the virus within the next four months.