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With chikungunya fever cases rising in nearby Guangdong, here’s what Hong Kong needs to know about the symptoms and risks.
If you have fever or acute joint pain, especially after returning to Hong Kong from regions where mosquito-borne diseases are ...
Chikungunya is a viral disease transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes and there is no treatment available currently in Hong Kong.
Director of Health Department says risk will rise in line with global prevalence, but local transmission will remain low with ...
Hong Kong health authorities have recorded two new imported cases of chikungunya fever, involving a 50-year-old male and his ...
Thousands in southern China have been infected with a mosquito-borne illness in the past few weeks, in what's considered one ...
Specialists urge government to deploy more monitoring sites and enhance data collection to fight potential outbreaks.
Environment secretary Tse Chin-wan said on Wednesday the government may use elephant mosquitoes that prey on the larvae of ...
Chikungunya virus infections near 50,000, mostly in Latin America, including 90 deaths in 16 countries across the world - ...
Hong Kong is expected to experience an increase in imported chikungunya fever cases, a leading infectious disease specialist ...
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Chinese authorities are using nets, spraying insecticide and even deploying drones to fight the ...
The virus typically causes fever and joint pain, but other symptoms include headache, muscle pain, joint swelling, or rash.