Over the past week in the region:

Heat wave in the region last week (week 25). Increase in SOS Médecins consultations and emergency room visits for heatstroke/hyperthermia. From Sunday, June 18, to Thursday, June 22 (heat wave period):

• 93 SOS Médecins consultations (Nantes and Saint-Nazaire) for heatstroke were recorded, peaking on June 19 (29 consultations); 86% involved people under the age of 45.

• 22 emergency room visits (across 6 departments in the region) for heatstroke/hyperthermia were recorded, peaking on June 20 (8 visits). During this period, 18 emergency room visits for dehydration were also observed, 72% of which involved people aged 75 and older. Note that there was an increase in dehydration cases the day after the heat wave ended.

A summary of the 2016 heat wave in the region is available online at the following address:http://invs.santepubliquefrance.fr/Publications-et-outils/Bulletin-de-veille-sanitaire/Tous-les-numeros/Pays-de-la-Loire/Bulletin-de-veille-sanitaire-Pays-de-la-Loire.-n-38-Juin-2017

Enterovirus meningitis has seen an early and significant surge over the past three weeks (emergency departments, SOS Médecins, and university hospital virology laboratories). A national update on these infections is available via the link below. No cases of severe neurological forms linked to EV-A71 or EV-D-68 have been reported to date in France.