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A sanitation worker sprays insecticide to prevent the spread of Chikungunya

A mosquito-transmitted virus outbreak has struck over 7,000 individuals across no fewer than 13 cities throughout China, leading officials to impose stringent measures echoing those seen during the coronavirus > COVID pandemic - despite the virus being unable to spread between people.

The chikungunya virus, which spreads solely via bites from infected mosquitoes and is seldom deadly, has rapidly affected more than a dozen cities across southern Guangdong province, situated just north of Hong Kong. Close to 3,000 cases emerged in the previous week alone, the BBC reported.

Chikungunya remains typically rare in China, yet infections surged following an imported case discovered in Foshan city on July 8, wh

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