Overview

• The Bezirksamt Mitte has recorded roughly 100 suspected sightings across all districts, according to lead public health officer Lukas Murajda.
• An eight-person monitoring team placed traps at multiple locations, yet no Aedes albopictus have been captured this season.
• One established population persists in Treptow-Köpenick, with smaller monitored occurrences in Pankow, Neukölln, and two sites in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf.
• The species can transmit dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses, though no locally acquired infections in Germany have been reported.
• Residents can email images to [email protected] or send specimens to the Gesundheitsamt Mitte, and officials note the mosquito can remain active into late September.