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China fights spread of mosquito-borne chikungunya virus
NBC Newsยท2025-09-01 23:20

For weeks, health officials in southern China have been waging war on mosquitoes, spraying, at times using drones to disperse insecticide, to stop the spread of the mosquito-born virus called Chukena. The disease isn't rare in other parts of the world, including Mexico and Latin America. But it is unusual to have big outbreaks of the virus here in China.More than 10,000 cases in Guangdong province alone and counting. Guna virus is very closely resembling other mosquitob born viruses like dangi clinically bu ...