The ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) has informed the Federal Office for Health Security that, in addition to the regions already reported, confirmed cases of human WNV infection have been recorded in Central Athens, Greece.

The Federal Office for Health Security (BASG) has been informed by the Italian authorities that, in addition to the provinces already announced, ID WNV NAT testing for donations of blood and blood components has been introduced in Lucca, Teramo, Forlì-Cesena and Viterbo.

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has been informed by the ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) that a confirmed autochthonous case of chikungunya have been recorded in the department Tarn.

Dem Bundesamt für Sicherheit im Gesundheitswesen (BASG) wurde von der französischen Behörde mitgeteilt, dass in Frankreich, zusätzlich zu den bereits bekannt gegebenen Regionen, in der Stadt Saint Amans-Soult, Département Tarn (Region Occitanie) eine humane autochthone WNV-Infektion verzeichnet wurde.

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• Update: Chikungunya-France

Dem Bundesamt für Sicherheit im Gesundheitswesen wurde von der ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control) mitgeteilt, dass in Griechenland, zusätzlich zu den bereits bekannt gegebenen Regionen, in Athen-Zentrum bestätigte humane WNV-Infektionen verzeichnet wurden.

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• Update: West Nile virus (WNV) – Greece

Dem Bundesamt für Sicherheit im Gesundheitswesen (BASG) wurde von der italienischen Behörde mitgeteilt, dass in Italien, zusätzlich zu den bereits bekannt gegebenen Provinzen, in Lucca, Teramo, Forlì-Cesena und Viterbo die ID WNV NAT Testung für Spenden von Blut und Blutkomponenten eingeführt wurde.

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• Update: West Nile Virus (WNV) - Italy

The Federal Office for Safety in Healthcare (BASG) has issued a warning regarding a counterfeit version of the medical device ‘Hearing Aid with Bluetooth 16 CHANNEL Hearing Aids Rechargeable for Deafness High Quality with Noise Cancelling audifonos’, with catalogue/reference number ‘5216B’.

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The French authorities have informed the Federal Office for Health Security (BASG) that, in addition to the regions already reported, autochthonous human WNV infections have been recorded in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in France.

The Federal Office for Health Security (BASG) has been informed by the Romanian authorities that, in addition to the regions already reported, confirmed cases of human WNV infection have been recorded in Bucharest and Cluj.