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Chikungunya is a viral disease transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes and there is no treatment available currently in Hong Kong.
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 ...
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 ...
The Director of Health Ronald Lam on Sunday said the risk of a local outbreak of chikungunya fever remains and he ...
His blood sample tested positive for the chikungunya fever virus upon laboratory testing,” the spokesman said on Friday ...
Hong Kong health authorities have recorded two new imported cases of chikungunya fever, involving a 50-year-old male and his ...
A man and his daughter who recently travelled to Bangladesh are Hong Kong's latest imported cases of chikungunya ...
Guangdong saw its largest outbreak in history as mosquito-spread illness boomed after weeks of intense rainfall ...
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 ...
Chinese authorities are using nets, spraying insecticide and even deploying drones to fight the mosquito-borne chikungunya ...
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 ...