Mosquito-borne disease troubling Asia and the Caribbean hits New York

A Long Island resident tested positive for chikungunya virus, marking New York’s first locally acquired case since 2019, state health officials announced.

The CDC issued a travel warning for China, which recorded more than 16,000 chikungunya infections this summer.

Climate change is expanding mosquito ranges.

A person in Long Island, N.Y., tested positive for chikungunya virus this month, the state health department said. It’s the first locally acquired case of the virus since 2019.

There’s little information about the patient, but the type of mosquito that carries chikungunya — Aedes — is found in parts of Long Island, east of New York City.

The person started feeling symptoms in August and reported traveling outside the county but not abroad, the Nassau County health department