A city school teacher is among persons recently diagnosed with the chikungunya virus and she says health authorities need to do more work to educate the population about the virus, while citizens need to make a conscious effort toward keeping their surroundings clean.
Ann Mentis, 29, has been confined to her home because of the severe joint pains she is experiencing as a result of the virus.
Chikungunya is carried by the aedes aegypti mosquito and in addition to severe joint pains its symptoms include sudden high fever, headaches and rashes. The disease is very similar to dengue fever and usually surfaces between four to seven days after a bite from
