Overview
- The Occitanie and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur regional health agencies reported local transmissions in Prades-le-Lez (Hérault) and La Crau (Var) on June 16.
- Santé publique France noted these are the earliest seasonally local chikungunya infections documented in metropolitan France during tiger mosquito activity.
- Since May 1, France has recorded 583 imported chikungunya cases under enhanced surveillance for mosquito-borne viruses.
- La Réunion’s outbreak, which caused about 200,000 cases and 23 deaths at its April peak, is now receding, while Mayotte remains in the grip of an uncertain-scale epidemic.
- Health Minister Yannick Neuder has emphasized strict individual mosquito control and warned that broader measures could be deployed if domestic spread worsens.