Recent imported cases revive memories of a Post reporter’s 2019 battle with mosquito-borne disease in Thailand, and the lessons linger
While the term “chikungunya” might have been unfamiliar to many in Hong Kong until the first imported case was reported in early August, news of the infection immediately brought me back to my own difficult and painful first encounter with the virus six years ago.
Hong Kong has been seeing a growing number of imported cases of the mosquito-borne disease, with the latest one announced on Wednesday, bringing the year’s total so far to 12.
The new case involved a 34-year-old man living in a residential building on Third Street in Sai Ying Pun. The man had travelled to Sri Lanka, where he was bitten by mosquitoes, leading to symptoms upon his return to the city.
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