The tick season begins: two new risk areas in Saxony! – Notification

Expert Diana Richter of the Technical University of Braunschweig advises caution and protective measures, but warns of panic.

The Robert Koch Institute has declared two new areas in Saxony as risk areas for ticks.

With their stings, they can transmit dangerous diseases like Lyme disease.

If left untreated, it can lead to inflammation of the joints, heart muscles, and nerves.

Leipzig Spring is here, and that too Ticks.

Seven of the 13 urban and rural districts are now classified as TBE risk areas, as announced by the Ministry of Health in Dresden.

This year, the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin classified two other districts of Saxony as a TBE risk area.

These include the Dresden city district and the Meißen district.

You can find out what other areas are affected in the overview.

Early meningoencephalitis (TBE) is also transmitted by ticks.

“The tick is not just a tick, the health consequences of people in Germany can only be bitten by the common wood goat,” he said.

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