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China Battles Chikungunya Outbreak with Elephant Mosquitoes

China Battles Chikungunya Outbreak with CannibalElephant Mosquitoes

Published AUG 8 2025

China Battles Chikungunya Outbreak with Elephant Mosquitoes

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Above: Aedes aegypti. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Spin

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The Telegraph XINHUA

The heavy-handed tactics mirror authoritarian overreach from zero-Covid policies, with forced home inspections and electricity cuts for non-compliance. This blanket mosquito eradication strategy is misguided, as most urban mosquitoes don't even carry the virus, making the approach both excessive and ineffective.

South China Morning Post