Almost three thousand new cases of chikungunya fever detected in China

More than 2.8 thousand new cases of chikungunya fever were detected in a week in Guangdong province in southeastern China, which borders Hong Kong and Macau. This was reported by China Central Television.

From July 27 to August 2, 2892 new cases of the virus were registered (2770 of them were detected in the city of Foshan). At the same time, no severe cases or fatalities were recorded.

The rapid growth of the epidemic in the province has been contained, but prevention and control of the epidemic still face serious challenges during the flood season, when mosquitoes often become carriers of diseases, said Kang Min, the chief expert on infectious disease prevention from the Guangdong Province Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

As a preventive measure, he recommended clearing stagnant water, destroying adult mosquitoes, and preventing bites.