Given the rapidly rising chikungunya figures, Environmental Commun-ity Health Organisation (ECHO) Executive Director Royston King is calling for action on the stagnant drains in the city, which he is blaming for outbreaks in depressed areas.
Asked to name the communities, King told Stabroek News that he did not wish for them to be publicised because of fears of stigma.
He, however, maintained that stagnant water across Georgetown is causing outbreaks of the viral disease in the depressed areas and as a result there is a