Health authorities concerned about chikungunya outbreak

Santo Domingo.– Public Health minister Freddy Hidalgo said technicians, support personnel, health promoters and epidemiologists will be working around the country during the next days in order to prevent and fumigate against the chikungunya virus outbreak.

The government’s Hydroelectric Utility (Egehid) and the San Cristobal province authorities will conduct a campaign to fumigate and eliminate deposits of mosquitoes in Nigua and other communities affected by the outbreak.