India, Aug. 5 -- China's Guangdong region has recorded more than 7,000 cases of a virus spread by mosquitoes since July, triggering actions similar to the Covid-19 outbreak.

Chikungunya patients are required to remain in hospitals in Foshan City, which has been the most severely affected. Mosquito nets are placed over the beds in these hospitals. They can only be released only after a week of treatment or a negative test.

The virus, which is spread by mosquito bites, produces fever and excruciating joint pain that can occasionally continue for years.

Despite being uncommon in China, Chikungunya epidemics are frequent in South and Southeast Asia as well as some regions of Africa.

Chikungunya fever is a viral disease spread by the Aedes...