Health authorities took precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the mosquito borne virus after four people from Rim and Chinchin in the Jasin district near here were found to be down with the fever.
State Health, Family Development and Women’s Affair committee chairman Norpipah Abdol said a rubber tapper from Kampung Rim was the first case detected here on July 3.
“The 74-year-old tapper was hospitalised after complaints of suffering mild symptoms such as fever, rashes and joint pains,” she said, adding that the patient had since been discharged following recovery.
She said another case was detected in Rim and two more in nearby Chinchin the following week, with blood tests confirming the viral infection.
“Those who are suffering symptoms such as fever should immediately seek treatment at nearest hospitals and undergo blood test to confirm the type of infection as both Chikungunya and dengue share similar symptoms,” she said.
As the Aedes mosquito transmits the virus, she said that authorities had carried out preventive measures such as fogging and cleaning up the surroundings.
She said 319 residential and business premises were found to be breeding Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and that 287 of them were issued summonses during the fist six months of this year.
By ALLISON LAI From The Star
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