Chikungunya is a virus spread by mosquito bites, the symptoms of which include a sudden fever and joint pain

Chikungunya is a virus spread by mosquito bites, the symptoms of which include a sudden fever and joint pain

More than 70 cases of the chikungunya virus were reported in the UK in the first six months of this year.

The UK Health Security Agency has also detected the first cases of the emerging disease oropouche virus in the country.