Hong Kong Travelers Watch out for Dengue Fever in 2026 — Vax-Before-Travel

(Vax-Before-Travel News)

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, by its Travel Health Service underneath the Centre for Health Protection (CHP), has cautioned residents to train care relating to Dengue fever when touring overseas this 12 months.

The advisory emphasizes that the illness is endemic in over 100 international locations, notably in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific—standard locations for Hong Kong vacationers.

In an update posted on February 5, 2026, the Travel Health Service reiterated that Dengue stays a persistent menace in lots of tropical and subtropical areas.

As of early 2026, there have been six reported imported instances of Dengue.

In 2025, Hong Kong recorded 59 imported Dengue instances.

The international locations that contributed essentially the most instances final 12 months embody the Philippines (12 instances), Indonesia (11 instances), India (9 instances), and Thailand (9 instances).

Notably, there have been no native transmissions reported final 12 months.

Regionally, Dengue stays a problem. As per cumulative figures from 2025, with partial information from 2026, Indonesia reported 148,922 instances, with 403 recorded in early 2026; Vietnam had 184,903 instances in 2025; and India reported 120,729 instances over the last 12 months.

Travelers coming back from areas the place Dengue is prevalent ought to search medical consideration promptly in the event that they really feel unwell and inform their medical doctors about their journey historical past. Additionally, CHP says these planning to journey to those areas ought to take the mandatory precautions in opposition to this mosquito-borne illness.

Seperately, the U.S. CDC not too long ago stated, ‘it has recognized a higher-than-expected variety of Dengue instances amongst returning U.S. vacationers from sure international locations in current months.’

As of early 2026, there may be presently no domestically registered Dengue vaccine accessible for common use in Hong Kong, in response to the Centre for Health Protection and the Department of Health.

However, in close by dengue-endemic international locations which can be standard with Hong Kong vacationers, the second-generation vaccine QDENGA® is out there in numerous settings, together with non-public clinics, nationwide packages, and public well being initiatives.

In the United States, QDENGA is unavailable in 2026, however the first technology is out there in Puerto Rico, the place Dengue has turn out to be endemic.

Detailed info on the newest Dengue fever scenario in Hong Kong, in addition to neighbouring and abroad international locations and areas, is out there on the Centre for Health Protection’s website.