FRANCE has issued an urgent holiday warning to Brit tourists as cases of a deadly disease hit new highs in the country.
Holidaymakers are being told to watch out for tick-borne encephalitis – which can lead to meningitis.
The rare but potentially fatal disease currently has a 94 per cent hospitalisation rate in France, health chiefs warned.
Some 61 cases were found to have been caught in France – and those travelling to the country for their summer holidays have been told to take action by Public Health France.
The Auvergne-Rhône Alpes region is facing a surge in cases – with the Haute-Savoie area of the Alps now reporting the highest number of cases in the last two years.