Update: Chikungunya - Italy

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has been informed that confirmed autochthonous cases of Chikungunya have been recorded in Italy in the following region:

Bentivoglio (province of Bologna), Castel San Giovanni (Province of Piacenza)

For further information, please refer to the following safety alerts. We kindly ask you to pay attention to this during anamnesis interviews and donor selections.

Further inquiry note

haemovigilanz@basg.gv.at