Mosquito-borne disease still going strong

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The dengue fever epidemic appears to be on the decline, but the spread of another mosquito-borne disease is still going strong.

Close to 500 people have been infected with chikungunya this year - compared with a total of 60 cases in the three years between 2010 and last year.

In the week ended Aug 3, 21 people were infected - 16 in the Bukit Timah area, one in Jalan Papan in the Jurong area and one in Woodlands Industrial Park, said a spokesman for the Ministry of Health.

Although it is not known where the other three people were bitten, none of them had been overseas recently.