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5 more chikungunya cases
Wed, Aug 13, 2008
The Straits Times

Two more people have come down with the dengue-like disease at Kranji Way, bringing the total count to 30, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.

They are a 48-year-old Indian national who works and lives at Kranji Way, and a 34-year-old Chinese national who has gone there several times. Also hit were a 31-year-old Bangladeshi working at Sungei Kadut Street 6 and living at Sungei Kadut Street 1, the same street where a Chinese national came down with chikungunya recently.

The Sungei Kadut area is about a 15-minute walk from Kranji Way.The other two men live in Yishun.

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