According to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), climate change is fostering conditions that are conducive to the tiger mosquito’s proliferation.
Government officials have been keeping an eye on and trapping the insect as far north as Paris, the site of the next Olympic Games at the end of July.
The likelihood of additional European outbreaks will rise as a result of traveling abroad, the ECDC has warned.
It has encouraged residents to apply repellent and install screens on windows and doors, as well as to remove standing water from gardens and balconies where mosquitoes can spawn.
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Over the past 20 years, mosquitoes have become an increasing menace throughout Europe.
From its ‘base camp’ in southern Europe, the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, is currently making its way across Europe and is considered to be the most invasive species of mosquito worldwide.
According to the ECDC, it is now well-established in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, and Spain.
Additionally, reports of it have come from Slovakia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Cyprus, and Czechia.
Tiger mosquitoes transmit diseases like dengue fever, chikungunya, and the Zika virus, which were previously restricted to specific areas of Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
