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THE cas of Chikungunya detected in France metropolitan continues. After Marseille, the Hérault and the Var, the ARS Grand Est said this Monday, June 30, 2025 that a case had been detected on the territory.
Towards a preventive demoustication?
Faced with this detected case, the ARS has announced to strengthen surveillance in the municipalities of Lipsheim et Fegersheim (Bas-Rhin), two municipalities that the contaminated person attended during their period Virémiathis period during which the virus responsible for the disease is present in the blood. In anticipation, the ARS (Regional Health Agency) announced in a statement that it had launched this Monday a Entomological survey In order to check the presence of tiger mosquito in the areas concerned.
Present on the territory of the Eurometropolis since 2014, it has colonized the entire 33 municipalities which composes it and risks raising again this summer. This kind of mosquito, which is not naturally infected with chikungunya, is likely to infected By pricking a sick person during their viremia period before transmitting the disease by pricking other people, said the ARS.
A Demoustication operation will therefore be carried out in Lipsheim and Fegersheim if their presence is confirmed by the survey. Prior to the operation, the Demoustication Operator will perform door information at the door of the dwellings concerned and will destroy or process larval cottages during the week, said the public health organization.
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