Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika … In addition to its irritating character, the bite of a mosquito-tiger can above all transmit viruses from elsewhere … and in this summer 2025, the signals are red in the Alpes-Maritimes.
Friday, June 17, on the occasion of the presentation of the pest control plan in Nice, Romain Alexandre, departmental director of the Regional Health Agency (ARS), warned: “In 2024, our department recorded an unprecedented number of Aboriginal cases [contamination sur le territoire et non lors d’un voyage] dengue. This year, In Reunion and Mayotte fear a significant circulation of viruses on our territory. “
Figures already increasing
The data available to the ARS confirms an upward trend at the start of this summer: “13 cases imported into the Alpes-Maritimes against 6 on the same date last year”, underlines the manager.
In 2022, the largest Aboriginal transmission channel in DEGGE in France (35 cases) had been identified in the Alpes-Maritimes, in the Saint-Jeannet sector, Gattières. And Roman Alexandre to recall: “Any confirmed case of Dengue, Chikungunya or Zika, imported or indigenous, is declared to the ARS and is the subject of a survey in order to identify the places of potential contamination and the risks of spread. “
