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CDC Weighs Travel Notice for China as Chikungunya Cases Rise
A worker fumigates for mosquitos on a rooftop sewer in Guangzhou, China, on July 30.
Photographer: Chen Chuhong/China News Service/VCG/Getty ImagesThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning to issue a travel notice for China as chikungunya infections rise in the country, a spokesperson told Bloomberg News.
China has recorded nearly 5,000 cases of the mosquito-borne illness since one infection was found in early July. Guangdong, a province near Hong Kong, has recorded almost 3,000 cases in the last week.