We have identified you may not be viewing TRAVAX optimally because the browser you are using is unsupported - click here.
The regional health agency of the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region and the Var prefecture has announced the first indigenous case of dengue fever in the Var department. The case was identified in a man who gave no history of recent travel and is considered an isolated case at present.
Mosquito control and eradication are being implemented in the area where the case was identified.
There have been rare cases of locally transmitted dengue fever in southern France in the past and avoiding mosquito bites whenever travelling is recommended.