France is experiencing a record outbreak of the chikungunya virus this year \u2013 mainly in the southern and southwestern parts of the country. The well-known resort of Antibes is currently the worst affected with over 100 confirmed cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chikungunya is a tropical disease spread by mosquitoes, which can cause very severe joint pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pascal Lagier in Brive-la-Gaillarde says he no longer wants to be out in his garden. Tourists and residents are now being urged to wear full-coverage clothing and mosquito repellent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source: Swedish Radio.se<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Frankrike har i \u00e5r ett rekordstort utbrott av virussjukdomen chikungunya – framf\u00f6rallt i de s\u00f6dra och sydv\u00e4stra delarna av landet. Den v\u00e4lk\u00e4nda semesterorten Antibes \u00e4r just nu v\u00e4rst drabbat med \u00f6ver 100 konstaterade fall. Chikungunya \u00e4r en tropisk sjukdom som sprids med myggor, och som kan ge mycket sv\u00e5r ledv\u00e4rk. Pascal Lagier i Brive-la-Gaillarde s\u00e4ger […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":301383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[184],"tags":[6314,6316,1847,6313,6315,423],"class_list":["post-301382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-turism","tag-antibes","tag-chikungunya","tag-franrike","tag-mygg","tag-myggor","tag-turister"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n