Overview

• Guangdong authorities have confirmed over 8,000 chikungunya cases, marking the largest outbreak in China to date.
• Public health measures mirror COVID-19 tactics, with enforced home inspections, drone-based fogging, quarantines and fines up to 10,000 RMB for stagnant water.
• Outrage over night-time blood sampling of children without parental consent led to a social media outcry and prompted a local health authority investigation.
• Taiwan reported its first imported case from Foshan on July 30, the U.S. CDC maintains a Level 2 travel advisory and Singapore has recorded 17 cases, including three sporadic local infections.
• Experts warn that broad mosquito elimination campaigns may miss the specific Aedes species spreading chikungunya and urge more targeted vector-control efforts.