CDC Warns Travelers About Cases of Mosquito-Borne Virus in China

U.S. officials have directed people to exercise enhanced precaution when traveling to a province in China because of the outbreak of the chikungunya virus.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta on Aug. 25, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning people traveling to China about an outbreak of the chikungunya virus there.

The CDC said in an Aug. 1 notice that there is an outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus in Guangdong Province, and most cases have been reported in the city of Foshan.