Overview

• All confirmed infections are autochthonous and confined to the province of Verona, with clusters extending into city neighborhoods where the mayor ordered disinfestation.
• Regional and municipal authorities have carried out repeated treatments around cases and at public gathering sites, canceling or pausing several festivals, and the Fiera del Riso is under review for possible postponement.
• Health officials report the circulating strain matches one found in Madagascar, while the index case remains unidentified.
• Chikungunya spreads via Aedes albopictus rather than person to person, and residents are urged to seek prompt diagnosis, isolate for about five days if positive, and remove standing water to limit mosquito breeding.
• Only two of the 46 patients required hospitalization, lethality is reported as low, and officials say cooler weather could ease transmission as disinfestation and larval control continue.