(Vax-Before-Travel News)
When the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Level 1 – Practice Usual Precautions notice in September 2025, it highlighted that the bites of infected midges and mosquitoes are spreading the Oropouche virus in Cuba.
As of November 7, 2025, a total of 4,119 locally acquired Oropouche cases have been reported in Cuba this year.
In South America, Brazil leads the Americas with about 12,000 cases.
Last year, 103 cases of Oropouche virus were reported among individuals in Florida who had traveled to endemic areas, such as Brazil and Cuba.
Currently, no vaccines are available to prevent Oropouche disease, says the CDC.