Foshan city in Guangdong province has achieved results in curbing the spread of chikungunya fever, with more than 90 percent ...

Director of Health Dr Ronald Lam highlights notably shorter incubation period in mosquitoes, allowing virus to replicate ...

Local government measures to control spread of the mosquito-borne disease spark pandemic memories for some residents.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning travelers about a new virus in China called chikungunya. In ...

GUANGZHOU, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- New cases of Chikungunya fever in Foshan, a city in south China's Guangdong Province, have continued to decline thanks to a series of targeted prevention measures, ...

An outbreak of the chikungunya virus in China has prompted authorities to take preventive measures from mosquito nets and clouds of disinfectant, threatening fines for people who fail to disperse ...

The Chikungunya virus is transmitted to human through the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. You only get infected when a mosquito with chikungunya bites you. Currently, there is no ...

Although the one-day visit by Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee and his officials to Macau on 5 August was a positive step ...

Travellers returning to South Africa from areas experiencing outbreaks may have contracted chikungunya, cautions the NICD.

Mosquito-borne chikungunya virus infections are escalating rapidly, with Singapore reporting a sharp increase in cases this ...

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China is currently facing what is believed to be the country's largest outbreak of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus.