US CDC weighs travel notice for China as chikungunya cases rise, Bloomberg News reports

 


(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning to issue a travel notice for China as chikungunya infections rise in the country, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday.

"CDC is aware of the reported chikungunya outbreak in Guangdong Province in China and is currently assessing the size and extent of the outbreak," a CDC spokesperson told Bloomberg News.



(Reporting by Nilutpal Timsina in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese)