<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>More than 7000 cases of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus have been recorded in one </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/china" rel="" target="_blank" title="Chinese"><span>Chinese</span></a><span> province since July, triggering a pandemic-style response in the region.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Cases have exploded in China's Guangdong province and patients are being protected in their hospital beds with mosquito nets.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Infected cases are only discharged after a negative test or seven days, whichever comes first.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/bali-speedboat-capsize-leaves-at-least-two-people-dead/a63e1881-3429-4d4b-865a-0e83e27d93e4" target="_blank"><strong><span>Two people killed, one missing in Bali speedboat crash</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>City-wide mosquito eradication efforts have also been deployed in Guangzhou.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Officials have reported all cases have been mild and most patients have been discharged from hospital within seven days.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Serious cases are uncommon, but there are reports of severe cases or deaths during overseas outbreaks, so it is important to strengthen monitoring and maintain alert," a statement from the National Health Commission and the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/chikungunya-virus-cases-explode-in-china/ae303ed8-ab3e-40df-9dfb-bcd12d76d425" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Chikungunya outbreaks are unusual in China and it is believed the virus spread through an imported case in Foshan city.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Infections are widespread across over a dozen other cities in China.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Around 3000 cases have been recorded in Guangdong this week alone.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/hiroshima-bombing-80th-anniversary-tetsuko-missed-a-train/81a9d7b9-4534-47c3-b00b-d230666c2927" target="_blank"><strong><span>Missing a train saved Tetsuko's life. 140,000 others weren't so lucky</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hong Kong also reported its first case earlier this week after a 12-year-old boy visited Foshan city and fell ill.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The virus is not contagious and can only be caught when an infected person is bitten by a mosquito species known as Aedes albopictus, which then goes on to transmit the virus onto another person.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a 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