The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has been informed by the ECDC (European Center for Disease Prevention and Control) that in France, in addition to the regions already announced, confirmed autochthonous cases of chikungunya have been recorded in the departments of Gard, Drôme, Bouches-du-Rhône and Corse-du-Sud.

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has been informed by the Italian authorities that in Italy, in the provinces of Oristano and Venezia, the ID WNV NAT test has been introduced for donations of blood and blood components.

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has been informed by the Danish authority that it has been informed by the Danish tissue bank European Sperm Bank (DK257572) that 2 offspring of the sperm donor 8860 RUMLE have been diagnosed with DiGeorge syndrome (22q11 deletion syndrome). The donor/gametes were permanently blocked.

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has been informed by the Danish authority that it has been informed by the Danish tissue bank Cryos International - Aarhus ApS that the donor KRISS is a carrier of haemochromatosis type 1. The donor/gametes have been permanently blocked.

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has been informed by the ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) that confirmed autochthonous dengue cases have been recorded in the French overseas territories: Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, French Guiana and French Polynesia.

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has been informed by the Danish authority that it has been informed by the Danish tissue bank Cryos International - Aarhus ApS that one of the offspring of the sperm donor Bjarke has been diagnosed with Usher syndrome. The donor/gametes have been permanently blocked.

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has been informed by the Danish authority that it has been informed by the Danish tissue bank Cryos International - Aarhus ApS that one of the offspring of the sperm donor Gilmore, Leber has been diagnosed with congenital amaurosis. The donor/gametes were permanently blocked.

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has been informed by the ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) that confirmed autochthonous dengue cases have been recorded on the Portuguese island of Madeira.

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care was informed by the Danish authority that it had been informed by the Danish tissue bank European Sperm Bank (DK257572) that the sperm donor 9677 had been diagnosed with Graves' disease (Graves' disease). The donor/gametes have been permanently blocked.

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has been informed by the Danish authority that it has been informed by the Danish Born Donor Bank (DK261306) that an offspring of the sperm donor Peters was born with a congenital structural heart defect (muscular ventricular septal defect and atrial septal defect). The donor/gametes were permanently blocked.