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Dengue Fever Threatens to Gate-Crash the 2024 Summer Olympics
Measles, bedbugs, and dengue have all been cited as concerns for tourists and athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, with the tropical virus in particular forcing authorities into action.
“It is very difficult to limit the epidemic risk when it comes to dengue,” explains Anna-Bella Failloux, a medical entomologist working at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. With a great number of people visiting France, there’s an increased risk of imported cases—which poses a threat to both other visitors and the French population, which is underprotected due to a history of low vaccine uptake for measles (though coverage has been improving). Izri points out that newly built buildings will host the athletes, lessening the chance of the pests already being there, and that hotels are now well prepared in case bugs are found in rooms.
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