The virus is transmitted by infected mosquitoes, so China is using giant "compulsive killers", known as elephant mosquitoes, whose larvae "devour" the Aedes mosquito, which passes chikungunya to ...

Hong Kong has recorded six imported cases since August 2, with a 31-year-old man who returned from Foshan the latest patient.

The release of the cannibal mozzies is designed to curb the spread of the chikungunya virus, which has ripped through China's ...

China is carrying out its most challenging containment operation since COVID-19, using surveillance drones, mass insecticide spraying, and electricity shutoffs to contain a chikungunya virus outbreak ...

China has recorded 10,000 cases in an outbreak of a virus that is thought to be the largest of its kind on record in the ...

HealthDay News — Health officials in China are reporting more than 8,000 cases of chikungunya, a virus spread by mosquitoes that can cause fever and painful joints.

FOSHAN, China, Aug. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Guangdong Province, China, has reported more than 7,000 cases of Chikungunya since July, with the outbreak now at a critical stage.

Thousands of cases of the chikungunya virus, which sickens people bitten by an infected mosquito, have broken out in China ...

Although no local cases have been detected, Vietnam is entering the peak season for Aedes mosquitoes, with high densities recorded in many localities. Increased domestic and international travel ...

Experts say the painful infection, spread to people from mosquitoes, can get to many countries if it finds the right hosts ...

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China is experiencing its largest-ever outbreak of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne disease that causes fever, nausea and severe joint pain. More than 8,000 people have contracted the disease around the ...