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Nipah virus outbreak in India sparks worry in China before Lunar New Year
South China Morning Post, Published on 29/01/2026
» An outbreak of the highly fatal Nipah virus in India's eastern state of West Bengal has sparked widespread attention and public concern in China ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday when millions will travel.
Hong Kong reports first local chikungunya fever case in at least 11 years
South China Morning Post, Published on 27/10/2025
» Hong Kong has recorded its first local chikungunya fever case in at least 11 years, with health authorities warning that the 10,000 people who live in the same neighbourhood as the 82-year-old patient face higher risks of infection.
Imported chikungunya cases will rise steadily in Hong Kong, leading expert warns
South China Morning Post, Published on 08/08/2025
» Hong Kong is expected to experience an increase in imported chikungunya fever cases, a leading infectious disease specialist has said, calling on the public to avoid travelling to high-risk areas after the city recorded three more infections.
Hong Kong records first imported case of chikungunya fever since 2019
South China Morning Post, Published on 04/08/2025
» Hong Kong has recorded its first imported case of chikungunya fever since 2019, involving a boy who returned from the mainland Chinese city of Foshan which is facing an outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease, the South China Morning Post has learned.
US approves first vaccine against chikungunya virus: drug regulator
AFP, Published on 10/11/2023
» WASHINGTON - US health authorities on Thursday approved the world's first vaccine for chikungunya, a virus spread by infected mosquitoes that the Food and Drug Administration called "an emerging global health threat."
Europe temperature rise more than twice global average: UN
AFP, Published on 02/11/2022
» GENEVA: Temperatures in Europe have increased at more than twice the global average over the past three decades, showing the fastest rise of any continent on earth, the UN said Wednesday.
Fighting mosquito-borne diseases... with mosquitoes
AFP, Published on 27/08/2020
» PARIS - For decades, researchers have scratched their heads over how to combat deadly mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever.
How climate change could expose new epidemics
AFP, Published on 16/08/2020
» PARIS: Long-dormant viruses brought back to life; the resurgence of deadly and disfiguring smallpox; a dengue or zika "season" in Europe.
Singapore students contract chikungunya in Ratchaburi
TODAY, Published on 05/06/2019
» SINGAPORE: All nine School of the Arts (Sota) students and one teacher who contracted chikungunya fever while on a community service learning trip to a Thai village in Ratchaburi had returned to Singapore by Monday night, school principal Mary Seah said.