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Four more down with chikungunya
Tue, Aug 19, 2008
The Straits Times

By Sujin Thomas

A 62-YEAR-OLD housewife from Choa Chu Kang is among four new people confirmed to have caught chikungunya, officials said on Tuesday.

The new cases stretched from Kranji to Pasir Panjang, bringing the total number reported this year to 128, according to the Ministry of Health and National Environment Agency (NEA).

The most recent cases were in three areas - Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre, Kranji Way and Sungei Kadut - that have been battling outbreaks of the dengue-like disease in recent weeks.

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