Update: Chikungunya - Italy New

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 regions:

Province of Bologna: Bentivoglio

Province of Emilia-Romagna: Novellara

Province of Modena:Carpi, San Prospero, Soliera

Province of Piacenza: Castel San Giovanni

Province of Verona: Affi, Bussolengo, Negrar di Valpolicella, Pescantina, San Pietro in Cariano, Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella, Villafranca di Verona

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