US EditionHong Kong Records First Imported Case of Chikungunya Fever Since 2019
HONG KONG, AUG 1 – Guangdong province has reported about 6,100 chikungunya cases, prompting Hong Kong to intensify mosquito control amid medium to high local transmission risk, officials said.
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Chikungunya fever poses ‘medium to high risk’ of local transmission, warns Hong Kong health official
The mosquito-borne chikungunya fever poses a “medium to high risk” of local transmission in Hong Kong, as thousands of cases were reported in the neighbouring Guangdong province, a city health official has warned. Aedes albopictus, commonly known as the Asian tiger mosquito. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Albert Au, head of the Communicable Disease Branch of the Centre for Health Protection (CHP), said on an RTHK radio show on Thursday that Guangdong…
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