jigna | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 26 2006 | mauritius news, africa news
I'm interested to hear what comes out of this trip. Mauritius is also having to deal with the chikungunya virus.
Quoted: French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin visits Reunion in the Indian Ocean on Sunday, an island in the grip of a crippling epidemic.
- jigna | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 23 2006 | africa news, mauritius news
Heard about the mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus from my Dad last night. Mauritius has reportedly confirmed 8000 people affected by this virus. 2 people died recently, but the government has not acknowledged that the deaths were linked to the virus.
Reunion Island has it way worst than Mauritius -- 17% of its population is already affected by Chikungunya, so this is a pretty scary situation for the region. Oh, and there is no known cure or vaccine. <sigh>
Quoted: "Chikungunya" fever, for which there is no known cure or vaccine, had affected some 130,000 people on the island off the southeast coast of Africa. Bertrand said that was 20,000 more than a week ago.
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