3 more cases of chikungunya fever found in Singapore

2 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's Ministry of Health (MOH) said Saturday it has found three new cases of chikungunya fever, bringing the total number of such cases to 48 so far this year. The three cases, involving two foreign workers and a local delivery driver, are likely to ... ...local ones as the three people have not traveled out of the country recently, said the ministry. The two foreign workers are now in hospital for treatment, but the Singaporean driver has returned to work after timely medical treatment. Currently, the ministry is carrying out active case detection at and around the site in Kranji Way and blood samples are being sent to the country's environmental health institute for testing. Chikungunya fever, like dengue fever, is a mosquito-borne disease and the best way to prevent chikungunya fever is to take precautionary measures to prevent mosquito breeding. The first case of Chikungunya fever, which is characterized by sudden onset of fever, chills, headache, nausea, vomiting, joint pain with or without swelling, and low back pain, was reported in Singapore in January this year.

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