Overview

• Taiwan’s first chikungunya patient, a woman in her forties who travelled to Foshan and Shenzhen in mid-July, was hospitalized with fever, rash and joint pain before being discharged after four days under ongoing monitoring.
• Local health authorities carried out mosquito-reduction operations around the patient’s home while the Taiwan CDC confirmed 17 imported chikungunya cases in the territory this year.
• Chinese health officials have logged more than 8,000 infections in Guangdong since mid-July, marking the country’s largest recorded chikungunya outbreak.
• Foshan’s zero-COVID-style response—including insecticide spraying, contact tracing and breeding-site elimination—has driven daily new cases below 200 for five consecutive days.
• The U.S. CDC maintains a Level 2 travel advisory for China and the WHO warns that rising temperatures and increased travel are expanding global chikungunya transmission risks.