US EditionCannibal Mosquitoes Deployed in China to Fight Chikungunya
GUANGDONG PROVINCE, CHINA, AUG 6 – Authorities in Guangdong province have imposed mass quarantines and released predator mosquitoes to contain over 10,000 chikungunya cases, with Foshan city reporting more than 6,000 infections.
- Over 10,000 cases have been reported in China, prompting mass quarantines not seen since COVID, according to health authorities.
- Amid favorable breeding conditions, about 8,000 cases emerged in under four weeks in Guangdong province, with Foshan hardest hit, as the chikungunya virus spreads via Aedes mosquitoes.
- Chinese soldiers have been dousing public spaces with insecticide, and authorities released 'elephant mosquitoes' whose larvae devour virus-carrying mosquitoes, along with thousands of fish into Foshan's ponds.
- Health authorities require infected patients to stay in quarantine wards for seven days, and noncompliance can result in fines up to $1,400 or electricity cuts.
- On Monday, Hong Kong confirmed its first case involving a 12-year-old returnee from Foshan, with global health authorities monitoring the outbreak after WHO notification.
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