With chikungunya fever cases rising in nearby Guangdong, here’s what Hong Kong needs to know about the symptoms and risks.

Director of Health Department says risk will rise in line with global prevalence, but local transmission will remain low with ...

Chikungunya is a viral disease transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes and there is no treatment available currently in Hong Kong. The virus has been surging in Guangdong province, particularly in Foshan, ...

If you have fever or acute joint pain, especially after returning to Hong Kong from regions where mosquito-borne diseases are endemic, it’s best to seek medical advice promptly so they can keep you in ...

Hong Kong health authorities have recorded two new imported cases of chikungunya fever, involving a 50-year-old male and his ...

Specialists urge government to deploy more monitoring sites and enhance data collection to fight potential outbreaks.

Guangdong saw its largest outbreak in history as mosquito-spread illness boomed after weeks of intense rainfall ...

A man and his daughter who recently travelled to Bangladesh are Hong Kong's latest imported cases of chikungunya ...

Thousands in southern China have been infected with a mosquito-borne illness in the past few weeks, in what's considered one of the most notable outbreaks of the disease since it was first detected in ...

Director of Health Ronald Lam on Sunday said this year is expected to be a peak for chikungunya fever, warning that Hong Kong ...

Hong Kong reported its first case of chikungunya in six years, heightening concerns about the potential for local transmission of the mosquito-borne virus that can cause debilitating joint pain ...

A senior Hong Kong official said on Wednesday that the semi-autonomous regional government may use "elephant mosquitoes," which feed on the larvae of other mosquitoes rather than blood, to control the ...