Three indigenous cases of Chikungunya were identified in the town of Castries, where an indigenous case had already been identified on July 2.
Three indigenous cases of Chikungunya were identified in the town of Castries, in the agglomeration of Montpellier.
“There is no concern about the state of health of people, we were informed by ARS that a treatment would be carried out this Friday, July 18, from 11 pm, in the center of the village, and the castle park”confirms Claudine Vassas-Mejri, mayor of the village, who makes the link with a previous case, on July 2.
There was then doubt about the contamination area: “The potential areas of contamination identified are the municipality of Saint-Brès and the municipality of Castries”said Public Health France. The sick person lived in Saint-Brès, but worked in Castries.
Awaiting advice
“We have no particular concern, on Thursday gourmet, organized on Thursday evening, was maintained. But people are waiting for advice to protect themselves from the virus,” said Claudine Vassas-Mejri.
Three indigenous cases of Chikungunya, that is to say noted in people who have not traveled in areas where the virus circulates in a endemic way, have already been identified since the beginning of the summer: in Prades-le-Lez, on May 27, Bernis, in the Gard, on June 11, and Saint-Brès/Castries, on July 2.
In its weekly bulletin of July 16, Public Health France reported 12 centers of transmission of chikungunya totaling 31 cases, “In the PACA, Corsica, Occitanie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions and for the first time Grand Est and Nouvelle Aquitaine”.
The “The most extensive home” Salon-de-Provence button, with 13 cases identified in the city and the neighboring municipalities of Grans and Lambesc.