Question 15281 — health

Summary

Mr. Alexandre Dufosset alerts the Minister of Health, Families, Autonomy and People with Disabilities to the health risk linked to hantavirus infections in France and more particularly in the Nord department. Hantaviruses are zoonotic viruses mainly transmitted to humans by infected rodents, in particular by inhalation of dust contaminated by their urine, stools and saliva. In mainland France, Infections can notably cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. Public Health France indicates that 75 human cases have been recorded in 2024 in mainland France. Transmissions appear to have occurred during activities involving exposure to rodents or their droppings, particularly in forests, barns, attics, sheds, cabins, agricultural buildings or premises that have been closed for a long time. In this context, the Nord department, including Mr. MP is the elected official, calls for particular vigilance, since he recorded 13 cases in 2024, the highest departmental level nationally. This situation raises concerns about the risk of the territory becoming one of the centers of a possible localized epidemic dynamic, particularly for the people most exposed: farmers, foresters, hunters, municipal agents, residents of rural areas or close to wooded areas, owners of barns and sheds, hikers and users of buildings likely to harbor rodents. Also, he asks him to please clarify the state of epidemiological surveillance of hantaviruses in the Nord department, as well as the lessons learned from the cases recorded in 2024. He also wishes to know if the Government intends to strengthen prevention and information actions to intended for the public and exposed professionals, in particular through local campaigns, recommendations relating to the cleaning of closed premises, prior ventilation, the wearing of suitable protective equipment and the limitation of rodent access to buildings. Finally, he asks if specific awareness raising among general practitioners, emergency physicians and health professionals in the region is planned in order to promote early detection of symptoms and rapid treatment of suspected cases.

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