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Did Chinese Authorities Take a Page From the COVID-19 Playbook for Chikungunya?

FOSHAN, GUANGDONG PROVINCE, CHINA, AUG 9 – Authorities have implemented quarantine, disinfection, and real-name fever medicine registration to prevent chikungunya spread, using Covid-19 tactics in Foshan, Guangdong province.

Local government measures to control spread of the mosquito-borne disease spark pandemic memories for some residents.

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In southern China, the word “chikungunya” — of Swahili origin and meaning “he who bows down” — has slipped into everyday conversations with the same concern that Covid-19 generated at the beginning. Since June 2025, Guangdong Province, with its epicenter in the city of Foshan, has recorded more than 8,000 confirmed cases of this mosquito-borne virus, according to data from international agencies and Chinese health authorities. The outbreak, the …

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The Asian giant, China, has taken extreme precautions because of the presence of a dangerous virus, although this time it is not by Covid-19.According to the authorities of that country, 7,000 have been detected until Wednesday by the dangerous virus, mainly in Foshan.It is the dangerous chikungunya virus, which is transmitted by mosquitoes and can become deadly if it is not treated in a timely way.China suffers the outbreak of the dangerous chi…

Chinese health authorities have taken steps that make locals suspicious.

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South China Morning Post broke the news in Hong Kong on Saturday, August 9, 2025.
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