Chikungunya cases down?
Tamil Nadu health minister states that the number of Chikungunya cases in the state (not in Chennai city, mind you) is down to 1302 persons this month. That is very hard to believe. I don’t know from where the minister got this genuine-looking figure.
Why? As far as I know, 4 people suffered from the disease in my office this month alone. A close pal recovered from the disease in the beginning of September. Currently, my aunt, two other relatives, and one colleague are still suffering. When I know of so many people myself, how can that number be so low? He should disclose his source.
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Probably the official statistics includes only those that get treated at the Government Hospital; and the folks treated at private clinics and hospitals, unless reported by these places to the health department, are not included in the count. My guess? Probably I am wrong.
Comment by kv — September 21, 2006 @ 7:30:56 AM
Hi Karthik
I agree ..it seems to be a very low figure considering that currently I know seven or eight people from my relatives circle suffering from this disease.
Comment by Ranjani — September 22, 2006 @ 5:43:38 PM
that is an extremely low figure.. while travelling back from chennai recently, almost every conversation in the train station seems to be centered around chikungunya. If so many people are talking about it or have it in their minds, it kind of indicates(probably not logically) that it is an epidemic..
Comment by sathish — September 23, 2006 @ 7:32:56 AM
An update: The figure has been updated to 0 this week!!!
Comment by rkarthik — September 23, 2006 @ 9:03:19 AM