Urgent warning issued by CDC as chikungunya virus outbreak hits vacation destination

A South American abrogation destination is connected alert, with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issuing an urgent informing of a virus outbreak.

Bolivia was deed with a Level 2 alert astir the chikungunya microorganism connected Feb. 10.

"There is an outbreak of chikungunya successful Santa Cruz and Cochabamba Departments, Bolivia," the alert read. 

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"You tin support yourself by preventing mosquito bites."

Common symptoms see a fever and associated pain, which commencement 3 to 7 days aft a wound from an infected mosquito, according to the CDC.

A question advisory was issued for Bolivia pursuing the chikungunya microorganism outbreak.  (iStock)

Headache, muscle pain, associated swelling, oregon rash are different symptoms — with astir radical recovering wrong a week.

"Some [people] tin person terrible associated symptom for months to years pursuing acute illness," the CDC's tract says.

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"Death from chikungunya is rare."

The CDC recommends that travelers get the chikungunya vaccine and instrumentality precautions to prevent mosquito bites.

"You tin support yourself by preventing mosquito bites," the alert noted.  (iStock)

Travelers should "use insect repellent, wear long-sleeved shirts and pants, and enactment successful places with aerial conditioning oregon that person screens connected the windows and doors."

The CDC precocious issued a Level 2 advisory for the microorganism successful the Seychelles, a radical of islands successful the Indian Ocean.

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In December, the CDC issued Level 2 travel advisories for Cuba, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Guangdong Province successful confederate China — advising Americans to "practice enhanced precautions" erstwhile visiting these areas.

Headache, muscle pain, associated swelling, oregon rash are different symptoms — with astir radical recovering wrong a week. (iStock)

Bolivia besides has a Level 1 alert for measles, posted successful May of past year.

"Measles cases are rising successful galore countries astir the world," the alert noted.

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"All planetary travelers should beryllium afloat vaccinated against measles with the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, according to CDC's measles vaccination recommendations for planetary travel," it added. 

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There were 323,300 planetary tourer arrivals successful 2020, according to the World Bank.