Italy is currently experiencing four clusters of autochthonous chikungunya cases in the cities of Anzio, Latina and Rome in the Lazio region, and the city of Guardavalle Marina in the Calabria region. Autochthonous transmission of mosquito-borne infections is not unexpected in areas where Aedes albopictus mosquitoes are established and at a time…

The Federal Office for Public Health Safety has been informed by the Romanian authorities that two new human WNV (meningitis/meningoencephalitits) infections have been confirmed in the capital city of Bucharest.

The Federal Office for Public Health Safety has been informed by the Italian authority that four confirmed cases of malaria have been recorded in non-EU citizens in Italy (Apulia Region: Ginosa, Taranto Province).

In a letter dated September 27, 2017, the marketing authorization holder informed its customers that an incorrect expiration date was printed on batch 7103 of "Coldan Nasal Spray". The expiration date was printed incorrectly as "2022-06" (June 2022), the correct date is "2020-06" (June 2020).

The Federal Office for Public Health Safety has been informed by the Italian authority that two more confirmed autochthonous chikungunya cases have been recorded. The reports themselves come from Rome - Lazio Region and Reggio Emilia - Emilia Romagna Region.

186 Total notified cases

The Federal Office for Public Health Safety has been informed by the Romanian authority that, in addition to the regions already announced, a confirmed human WNV infection (meningitis/encephalitis) has occurred in the Calarasi region.

Vienna (OTS) - The Ministry of Health and AGES Medizinmarktaufsicht/Federal Office for Safety in Health Care Austria, together with the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Finance, were again able to seize numerous illegal medicines this year and protect Austrian consumers from harm. The operation took place in good cooperation with the…

"ALK -Abelló Allergie -Service GmbH "has informed its supplied customers in a letter dated 21.09.2017 that bottles of "Pangramin Prick Rye Flour" with brown colored and cloudy solutions have been detected. These solutions can lead to false negative reactions due to a possibly lower allergen content, so that the two batches are recalled as a…

Situation at EU level and in Austria In several EU countries, illegal and untested medicines are being offered for sale under the name ZDOROV Propolis Cream on supposedly trustworthy but ultimately fake Internet sites. In doing so, the perpetrators use, among other things, a fake Internet site modeled on the homepage of the Austrian as well as the…