GENERAL SANTOS CITY: The dreaded chikungunya disease struck some 180 people in the outskirts villages of Tampakan town in South Cotabato as local health officials stepped up efforts to stem the outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease caused by the unhygienic environment.

Health officials said that the first cases turned up last month among families of indigenous tribes owing to lack of proper hygiene and cleanliness in their immediate environs.

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