The Chinese province of Guangdong has recorded more than 7000 cases of chikungunya, a viral disease transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes since July.
Faced with this epidemic, China has established measures similar to those deployed during the COVVI-19 crisis, according to the BBC.
In Foshan, the most severely affected city, patients with Chikungunya are kept in hospital with beds equipped with mosquito nets.
Their release is only authorized after a negative test or a week of full hospitalization.
The virus causes high fever with severe articular pain that can last for several years. Its transmission between humans is not done directly, but exclusively through a mosquito that first stings an infected person before stinging other individuals.
According to official information, all of the cases identified to date have mild symptoms, and 95% of patients leave the hospital in less than a week.
The epidemics of Chikungunya, although rare in China, are common in South and Southeast Asia, as well as in several regions of Africa.
Chikungunya is also present in certain areas of Mexico, Caribbean, South and Central America, Pacific and Southeast Islands of the United States.
With AFP
