Danger from ticks in Lower Saxony

16 May 2023, Lower Saxony, Hanover: Masyar Monazahian, tick expert at the Lower Saxony Regional Health Office NLGA, shows a tick on tweezers in front of his eye (macro shot). The NLGA and the Hannover Region Health Office have provided information about the presence of ticks and the dangers of TBE and Lyme disease. The state health office collects ticks ("tick flags") at selected locations every year and examines them for the TBE virus, among other things, Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa (Photo by Julian Stratenschulte/picture alliance via Getty Images)