Pests -- France
After sightings of murder hornets in the US, tiger mosquitoes have been taking over France. The Asian tiger mosquitoes are dangerous because they are a known carrier of dengue fever, chikungunya and the Zika virus. Just as France emerges from its lockdown, almost 65% of the region has been put on alert because of these tiger mosquitoes.
Out of 101 departments, 57 of them have a red warning for these insects. The tiger mosquitoes are black and white striped ones, and the females deliver a
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?7320935&promed&0
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