{
  "id": 1874072,
  "title": "Southwest France steps up mosquito control following 20 chikungunya cases",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/southwest-france-steps-up-mosquito-control-following-20-chikungunya",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-19T05:16:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RFI English",
    "slug": "rfi-english",
    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20260819-southwest-france-steps-up-mosquito-control-following-20-chikungunya-cases"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mosquito control operations are being stepped up across southwestern France after more than 20 locally contracted cases of the chikungunya virus were recorded since the beginning of August, with infections reported in three departments.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}