Overview

• Munich’s health department has identified small but established Asian tiger mosquito populations in the Großhadern and Laim districts
• The Robert Koch Institute confirmed an autochthonous Chikungunya infection in early July in Lipsheim, France, in a person with no recent tropical travel
• Experts warn that growing tiger mosquito numbers in Germany will soon fuel local transmission of tropical viruses such as Dengue and West Nile
• The Standing Vaccination Commission recommended on July 10 that travelers aged 12 and over to current Chikungunya outbreak areas receive vaccination
• Municipal authorities are asking citizens to routinely empty, cover or clean containers like flowerpots and rain barrels to destroy mosquito breeding sites