In the Guangdong area of China, the case of mosquito -borne disease is increasing day by day. These days, China is taking drastic measures like Corona. In a shocking event, a woman from Zanjiang city has revealed that strangers entered her house at night and took blood samples of their sleeping children without their consent.
What happened?
According to the information, the incident occurred when a woman returned home and found that blood samples of her two children had been taken. The mother registered her objective in a video, in which she said that without her permission, the officers entered her children's bedroom and sampled blood. Women work in a night shift and run her family. After the video went viral, the hashtag related to the incident has been seen by about 90 million people on Chinese social media platform Weibo. People raised questions about how far the officers could go in the name of disease control.
The spread of chikungunya and strict action
Since July, the spread of chikungunya virus has been increasing rapidly in the city of Foshan in Guangdong province, where more than 8,000 cases have been reported so far. The virus spreads from mosquito bites and its symptoms include fever, joint pain, nausea and rash on the skin. Although the disease is usually not fatal, it can be dangerous for children, the elderly, and those with already existing health problems. This is the first widespread outbreak of Chikungunya in China, which has previously spread to parts of Africa, Asia and America.
Guangdong Governor Wang Weisong announced stringent measures on August 4, reminiscent of a “zero-Covid” policy adopted during the Covid-19 epidemic. These steps have been taken.
- Reporting to sell fever drugs in pharmacies.
- Campaigns to destroy mosquito breeding sites.
- Instructions for citizens to monitor stable water and increase personal protection from mosquitoes.
- Use of “elephant mosquitoes” and mosquito larvae fish.
- Apply mosquitoes to the bed of patients in hospitals to protect them from mosquitoes.
Patients need to stay in the hospital until a negative test for the virus or at least one week's quartine is completed. A fine or criminal measures will be paid up to 10,000 yuan for those who do not comply with the rule. In some cases, the electricity of the unmanageable homes has been cut.
Increasing cases of chikungunya have also raised global concerns. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a level-2 travel warning for Guangdong province, in which it has been advised to wear pest preventive, wear long-sleeved clothes and to stay in the window screen to protect passengers from mosquitoes. Pregnant women have been advised not to travel to the affected areas.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has also warned that chikungunya cases may increase as an epidemic of 2004-05, as 5.6 billion people live in virus risk areas in 119 countries.
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