<p>These areas have more than 50 local clinics and nearly 40 persons are said to be suffering from Chikungunya.<br /><br />A few residents alleged that the BBMP deputy commissioner visited only once and failed to take any steps. When contacted, Chief Health Officer L T Gayatri said, Chikungunya has to be treated at source by not letting the mosquitoes to breed. The disease could be avoided by keeping the surroundings clean, she added. <br /><br />Says Dr Yusuff Khan, local physician around 50 people with symptoms of Chikungunya visit his clinic every day and expresses his inability to collect blood samples of all the patients.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Musheer (9), who was admitted to a hospital due to high fever on Wednesday, succumbed on Saturday. Doctors treating him said, the child might have died due a different infection and not <br />Chikungunya. </p>
<p>These areas have more than 50 local clinics and nearly 40 persons are said to be suffering from Chikungunya.<br /><br />A few residents alleged that the BBMP deputy commissioner visited only once and failed to take any steps. When contacted, Chief Health Officer L T Gayatri said, Chikungunya has to be treated at source by not letting the mosquitoes to breed. The disease could be avoided by keeping the surroundings clean, she added. <br /><br />Says Dr Yusuff Khan, local physician around 50 people with symptoms of Chikungunya visit his clinic every day and expresses his inability to collect blood samples of all the patients.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Musheer (9), who was admitted to a hospital due to high fever on Wednesday, succumbed on Saturday. Doctors treating him said, the child might have died due a different infection and not <br />Chikungunya. </p>