WHO has reported cases of locally transmitted chikungunya in France and Italy

Cases of local transmission of chikungunya fever have been detected in France and Italy, and there is a risk of spreading the disease worldwide.
to the world. This was announced on July 29 by the press service of the World Health Organization (WHO).

"Imported cases related to the outbreak on islands in the Indian Ocean continue to be reported in Europe, with local transmission reported in France and suspicious cases identified in Italy," RIA Novosti news agency quoted the WHO as saying.

According to the organization, the disease has been detected in 119 countries. The fever is spreading most actively in the island states of the Indian Ocean and in South Asia.

"In places where people have weak or no immune system, this can cause rapid and large—scale outbreaks, infecting up to three quarters of the population and putting severe pressure on health systems," the WHO added.

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On July 20, Rospotrebnadzor reported that no imported cases of chikungunya fever had been recorded in Russia. According to the agency, in the Russian Federation there are no conditions for the formation of a local circulation of the pathogen among mosquitoes.

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