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China Increases Customs Requirements for Imports From Chad

China will increase customs checks and requirements for cargo and other goods coming from Chad after an outbreak in that country of the chikungunya fever, China’s customs authority said in an Oct. 10 news release. Increased requirements will apply to…

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“vehicles, containers, cargo, luggage items, mail, express mail, and corpse bones,” China said, which will require “sanitary quarantine.” Chikungunya fever causes symptoms in humans such as rash, fatigue and headache, with joint pain, and is spread by mosquitoes. The measures will be in place for six months.