The post-Covid Committee on Health Risks and Predictions (Covars), which succeeded the Scientific Council, is looking at dengue fever, Zika and chikungunya. According to its experts, whose opinion was presented to the Ministry of Health, these arboviruses are transmitted by invasive mosquitoes. Aedes will become a public health issue in the coming years.
“ An increase in cases in metropolitan France over the coming summer is inevitablenotes Brigitte Otran, an immunologist and chair of the committee. We must prepare for this through prevention campaigns, better organization of mosquito control players, and support for treatment and vaccine research.. »
Dengue fever is already a reality in foreign territories, where it causes more or less significant epidemics every year. More than 90% of the population has already encountered the virus in Martinique and Guadeloupe. 70% Guyana. The disease manifests itself…
Source: Le Figaro
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