Current Travel Health News
Current Travel Health News
Take precautions against dengue fever when travelling abroad
Dengue fever is now endemic in more than 100 countries in Africa, the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. This includes various popular tourist destinations for Hong Kong people including the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.
Detailed information on the latest Dengue fever situation in Hong Kong, as well as neighbouring and overseas countries and areas, can be found at the Centre for Health Protection’s website: https://www.chp.gov.hk/files/pdf/df_imported_cases_and_overseas_figures_eng.pdf
Travellers planning to travel in these areas should take precautions against the disease. Travellers returning from areas where dengue fever is prevalent should seek medical advice as soon as possible if they feel unwell and provide travel details to their doctors.
For more information on dengue fever, including the latest situation in neighbouring and overseas countries and areas, please visit the Centre for Health Protection’s thematic webpage at https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/features/38847.html
Take precautions against Mpox (also known as monkeypox) when travelling abroad
Mpox (also known as monkeypox) is a zoonotic disease caused by Mpox virus. Often found in tropical forest regions of Central and West Africa.
It is mainly transmitted by contact with infected animals, human-to-human transmission is limited. Incubation period is mainly from 6 to 13 days, symptoms are similar with Smallpox infection, but less severe.
Since 6 May 2022, multiple outbreaks wer
e reported in Europe and North America countries, and many patient are self-identified as bisexual or men who have sex with men. Travellers planning to travel in these areas should avoid contact
with infected person. Travellers returning from these areas shall notify the doctor to seek medical treatment and inform the travel situation if feeling unwell.
For more information on Mpox, including the latest situation in overseas countries or places, please visit the World Health Organization and Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection’s thematic webpages at: https://www.who.int/health-topics/monkeypox#tab=tab_1
https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/features/105683.html
Argentina: Dengue Fever [Update]
28 March 2025
The
Argentina Ministry of Health reports 2,845 confirmed
dengue cases during the 2024/2025 dengue season, since 21 July 2024.
Democratic Republic of Congo: Unknown Disease [Update]
28 March 2025
The Minister of Public Health, Hygiene and Social Security of the Democratic Republic of Congo reports a total of 27 new cases and 1 death were recorded from 10 to 16 March, bringing the total to 2,957 total cases and 58 deaths.
USA: Measles [Update]
28 March 2025
West Texas, New Mexico, Kansas, Ohio, and Oklahoma health officials continue to report new cases of
measles, including one death of an unvaccinated child in West Texas.
USA: Hantavirus [Update]
28 March 2025
Health officials in
Mono County, California, has reported a second
hantavirus case/death this month. A third case is currently under investigation.
Réunion: Chikungunya Fever [Update]
28 March 2025
Health officials in
La Reunion Island reports 4,156 new local
chikungunya fever cases during the week ending on 16 March, a 16% increase compared to the previous week.
Mauritius: Chikungunya Fever
28 March 2025
Mauritius reported a locally transmitted
Chikungunya case on 15 March, the first Chikungunya case in the country since 2009.
Australia: Dengue Fever
28 March 2025
Health officials with
Queensland Health and the
Townsville City Council have declared a
Dengue outbreak since 19 February, and currently has 9 confirmed and 2 probably cases through 25 March.
Brazil: Yellow Fever [Update]
25 March 2025
Health officials with the State Health Department of the State of
São Paulo have reported 20
Yellow fever fatalities in the state since December 2024, through February 2025.
Uruguay: Dengue Fever
25 March 2025
The
Uruguay Ministry of Public Health confirmed a case of autochthonous
Dengue fever in Montevideo and launched a control operation in the affected area.
Namibia: Malaria [Update]
25 March 2025
In a follow-up on the
Malaria outbreak in
Namibia, a country on the west coast of Southern Africa, the Ministry of Health and Social Services is now reporting a total of 20,135 malaria cases as of March 9, 2025.
Cambodia: Avian Influenza [Update]
25 March 2025
The
Cambodia Ministry of Health is reporting a
H5N1 Avian influenza case in a 3.5 year old child from Kratie province.
Russia: Meningococcal Meningitis
25 March 2025
An outbreak of
Meningococcal infection occurred in
Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast, among migrants involved in the construction of facilities at the Cherepovets Metallurgical Plant. Twelve foreign citizens were hospitalized, four of whom were discharged, according to the Vologda Oblast Health Ministry.
Kyrgyzstan: Measles [Update]
25 March 2025
Officials with the
Kyrgyzstan health ministry are reporting 4,055
Measles cases since the beginning of 2025, including eight fatalities among children.
Brazil: Dengue Fever [Update]
25 March 2025
Since the beginning of the year, the state of
São Paulo has reported nearly 400,000 probable
Dengue fever cases (393,723), including 296,143 confirmed cases as of March 21.
Reunion: Chikungunya Fever [Update]
25 March 2025
In a follow-up on the
Chikungunya epidemic on
Reunion Island, officials Friday reported two deaths that occurred last week, linked to chikungunya. They involved two people aged 86 and 96, one of whom had comorbidities.
France: Measles
25 March 2025
In
France, between January 1 and March 14, 2025, 180 cases of
Measles were reported, compared to 83 in 2024 over the same period.
Vietnam: Measles [Update]
25 March 2025
According to statistics from the
Vietnam Ministry of Health, from the beginning of 2025 till now, officials have recorded about 40,000 suspected
Measles cases, including five deaths related to measles.
Somalia: Leishmaniasis
25 March 2025
Since the beginning of the year, Erigavo Regional Hospital in the Sanaag region,
Somalia, has reported five cases of
Leishmaniasis.
Brazil: Measles [Update]
25 March 2025
Health authorities in the
Federal District report a confirmed
Measles case in a woman in her 30s with a history of international travel.
USA: Measles [Update]
25 March 2025
Last week
Tennessee reported its first
Measles case of the year, in a mid-state resident whose exposure is still under investigation, according to the Tennessee Department of Health.
(Source: CIDRAP 25 March 2025)
Africa: Poliomyelitis
25 March 2025
Three African nations—
Angola, Nigeria, and Somalia—confirmed circulating vaccine-derived
Poliovirus type 2 cases, according to a weekly update from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.
(Source: CIDRAP 22 March 2025)