Just one day after the first cases of indigenous chikungunya were detected in Puerto Vallarta, the city was fined by the State Health Commission for violations in controlling the spread of dengue and chikungunya.
As the State of Jalisco announced programs to battle dengue and chikungunya, state health inspectors found an area in the municipality of Puerto Vallarta where hundreds of tires were disposed of by the city and gathering water. The water at the site tested positive for larvae of the mosquitoes known to carry the dengue and chikungunya viruses.
The tire dumping site was in the community of . . .
