Overview

• The CDC elevated Guangdong to a Level 2 notice, urging enhanced precautions such as EPA-registered repellents, long sleeves and pants, and staying in screened or air‑conditioned lodging.
• Travelers are advised to consider chikungunya vaccination, while pregnant people are urged to reconsider travel and to discuss risks and vaccination timing with a healthcare provider.
• Thousands of infections have been reported in southern China with Foshan hardest hit, and local authorities have enforced strict vector-control steps including hospital stays for cases and fines for standing water.
• Travel-linked infections are rising outside China, including 46 U.S. cases so far in 2025 and 73 in England from January to June, as health agencies warn of fever and potentially prolonged joint pain.
• Recent reporting indicates Foshan’s case counts have begun to decline and the city ended its Level III emergency response this week.