The 7 Last August, a case of Aboriginal chikungunya was reported in Eybens to the Regional Health Agency (ARS) Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. This Tuesday 12 August, it was confirmed by the National Reference Center. We are talking about indigenous cases when a person has contracted the disease without having traveled in an area where the virus is raging. Knowing that chikungunya is transmitted from person to person through the bite of a tiger mosquito, itself infected with the virus.
ARS will therefore realize A demoustication operation on the night of this Tuesday 12 to this Wednesday, August 13. It will take place around the Esso station (near the identified case). The objective of this treatment is to limit the risks of transmission to other people by eliminating larval lodges and adult mosquitoes, vectors of the virus.
In case of symptoms, consult
The inhabitants concerned by this demustication operation were informed by a flyer in their mailbox. In the event of symptoms (fever, joint pain, headache), you must consult a health professional to make you tide.