Provincial governor urges ‘forceful measures’ to counter the disease after nearly 3,000 cases are reported in a week
The southern Chinese province of Guangdong reported thousands of new cases of chikungunya fever last week as the local authorities promised “decisive and forceful measures” to stop the spread of the disease.
According to state broadcaster CCTV, Guangdong reported 2,892 new cases in the week leading up to Saturday, with no severe or fatal infections.
Most of those – 2,770 – were in Foshan, with Guangzhou, the provicincial capital, recording 65 cases.
At a meeting of the provincial government on Saturday, governor Wang Weizhong, called for “more resolute” measures to “win the tough … battle against the outbreak in the shortest possible time,” according to state-run news portal southcn.com.
