Fifty people die in Yemen's temporary capital of Aden due to the chikungunya fever, a viral illness that is spread by the bites of infected mosquitoes
This 2006 photo made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito acquiring a blood meal from a human host at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. The Chikungunya virus, spread by mosquitoes such as this and the Aedes albopictus species, causes fever and agonizing joint pain that can last for months.
Fifty people lost their lives in Yemen's temporary capital of Aden due to the chikungunya fever, according to an anonymous government official late on Saturday. More than 3,000 people were infected, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to Anadolu Agency. Governor of Sheikh Othman district of Aden in southern Yemen is also among the dead, said the source.Eight people, including five children, died and houses were partially or completely destroyed by floods caused by heavy rains in Aden.Heavy rains and floods in Yemen since mid-April affected 150,000 people, said Jens Larke, spokesperson for UN Humanitarian Affairs Coordination Office on May 1.
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