Chikungunya cases in children stand out among 233 patients treated due to their vulnerability to the arboviral disease which has already caused five deaths, the ABC Color newspaper added.

501 outpatient consultations were treated for febrile cases so far in January and has already reported 402 in February.

Among most complex cases, doctors keep four neonates hospitalized in ICUs, to whom they dedicate special attention to avoid life-threatening complications.

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