India, Oct. 15 -- The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) has confirmed the first locally acquired case of chikungunya on Long Island - marking the first such case ever reported in New York and the first in the United States since 2019, according to ABC News.

Health officials said laboratory tests at the department's Wadsworth Center confirmed the infection in a resident of Nassau County. An investigation suggests the individual was likely bitten by an infected mosquito, though the exact source of exposure remains uncertain. According to the officials, the precise source of exposure is not known since the case is classified as locally acquired based on current information.

Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne viral disease commonly ...