Rospotrebnadzor warns of the spread of chikungunya fever MOSCOW, 18 Jul — RIA Novosti. The CPS drew the attention of the Russians on the spread of chikungunya in the Western hemisphere, particularly in Brazil, the number of cases last year has increased almost ten times, said on the Agency’s website. As reported by the CPS with reference to the Ministry of health of Brazil, in 2015 in the medical institutions in the country asked about 26.5 thousand people with signs of illness, fever, six of them died. It is noted that in 2016 the number of cases amounted to more than 250 thousand people, 138 of them died from complications. It is emphasized that, according to the world health organization, chikungunya fever were detected in almost 40 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and America, most common in India, Indian ocean Islands, Southeast Asia, Central and South America. “In the Russian