Overview

• Guangdong province has recorded more than 7,000 chikungunya cases since July, with infections now reported in at least 12 additional cities.
• Health officials in Foshan documented nearly 3,000 new cases over the past week, marking a sharp acceleration of local transmission.
• Foshan authorities require chikungunya patients to remain hospitalized under mosquito nets and only discharge them after a negative test or a seven-day stay.
• Foshan is imposing fines up to 10,000 yuan on businesses that fail to eliminate mosquito breeding sites and has unleashed insecticide spraying, drone surveillance, mosquito-eating fish and elephant mosquitoes to curb vector populations.
• The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a Level 2 travel advisory urging travelers to exercise increased caution in China.