Belley. Dengue fever: Health services are investigating, but residents are calm.

"We have to stop panicking over nothing." A few dozen meters from the town hall, Brigitte doesn't mince words when summarizing the feeling hanging over the town of Belley. Twenty-four hours after the identification of a case of indigenous dengue fever in the town, the first in Ain, the Belleysans were rather measured this Tuesday. "I'm not worried," confirms Gérard. Originally from Réunion and a resident of Belley for 35 years, the man is used to mosquitoes. "Members of my family have sometimes caught diseases, but not me," he explains, holding his granddaughter. "And besides, it's not surprising to see the disease arrive here with all these people traveling."

On the sidewalk across the street, Danielle and Franck are more measured. And for good reason...

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