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China’s heavy-handed crackdown on chikungunya outbreak sparks controversy,
China is facing its largest recorded chikungunya virus outbreak, with over 10,000 cases—7,000 in Foshan alone. The mosquito-borne virus causes fever, joint pain and, in rare cases, severe complications.
Authorities are enforcing aggressive containment tactics, including fines for standing water, power cuts, forced hospital isolation in mosquito-netted wards, and widespread insecticide spraying.
China’s heavy-handed crackdown on chikungunya outbreak sparks controversy,
China is facing its largest recorded chikungunya virus outbreak, with over 10,000 cases—7,000 in Foshan alone. The mosquito-borne virus causes fever, joint pain and, in rare cases, severe complications.
Authorities are enforcing aggressive containment tactics, including fines for standing water, power cuts, forced hospital isolation in mosquito-netted wards, and widespread insecticide spraying.
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