Overview

• Foshan has recorded 4,014 chikungunya infections in two weeks, a rapid escalation described as “quite severe” by China’s CDC deputy director Sun Yang.
• Mainland France and Corsica have confirmed 30 local cases this year, and Italy reported its first indigenous infection in Emilia-Romagna on July 22.
• The World Health Organization and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control have raised alerts and issued new recommendations to healthcare providers across affected regions.
• The UK government approved a weakened-virus chikungunya vaccine for travelers, with the Commission on Human Medicines placing precautionary age limits on those 65 and older.
• Local authorities in Guangdong and parts of Europe have intensified vector-control efforts, from mosquito-proof isolation beds in Foshan to campaigns eliminating standing water and boosting surveillance.