Authorities in China are fighting to prevent the spread of a mosquito-borne viral disease after thousands of cases were reported in a few weeks.
The country has seen nearly 8,000 cases of chikungunya in less than a month, mostly in the city of Foshan in Guangdong province, prompting authorities to impose measures akin to the “zero Covid” policy that saw the Chinese government impose some of the strictest regulations in the world during the coronavirus pandemic.
