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Health authorities in France's Reunion Island on Friday launched an emergency plan to boost staff in hospitals to deal with the spread of the chikungunya virus. This comes as the Indian Ocean territory reported over 6,000 new cases of the mosquito-borne disease last month.

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Health authorities in Mayotte say the French Indian Ocean territory has the capacity to address the various epidemics affecting Africa and the surrounding region, as a cholera outbreak appears to be under control and a plan is in place to detect and treat cases of mpox.

The so-called detectives will track down disease hotspots, seek out mosquito eggs, and help curb the spread of the virus in French cities.

A campaign to monitor and trap tiger mosquitos in Paris is in full swing weeks ahead of the Olympics. Authorities are worried that travellers will exacerbate a surge in diseases such as dengue fever.

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