Cyprus now home to two disease-carrying mosquito species, EU health agency warns

Cyprus has confirmed established populations of two disease-carrying mosquito species, European health authorities say, as the continent records its highest-ever number of locally transmitted dengue and chikungunya infections.

Updated maps published by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) show that both Aedes aegypti, which was already present on the island, and Aedes albopictus, the tiger mosquito, now have confirmed established populations in Cyprus. The ECDC notes...