At least 20 residents of Malakajaya subdistrict in Duren Sawit district, East Jakarta, were infected with the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus over the last 6 weeks.

Head of the subdistrict's community unit 03, Andang Subaryono, said the 1st patient was reported in the 1st week of July [2013]. Many of the afflicted were children.

"We have asked our neighborhood to be fumigated, but some neighborhood units have yet to undertake this," he was quoted as saying by beritajakarta.com on Sunday

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