North Macedonia Registers Fifth West Nile Virus Death
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The West Nile virus, which is transmitted by mosquitoes, killed five people in northern Macedonia. Within a few weeks 43 infections were detected with the virus, the Ministry of Health announced on Saturday. "Almost every day, someone is hospitalized and the number (of patients) in the clinic is about 20-21, said the head of the Infectious Diseases Clinic in Skopje, Fadil Cana. At the beginning of August, the authorities had identified a West Ni…
Twelve European countries have been infected with the West Nile virus this hot summer. Mosquito-borne pathogens cost five lives in northern Macedonia. Authorities are calling for the swimming pools to be emptied to dry breeding grounds.
The West Nile virus transmitted by mosquitoes has already killed five people in northern Macedonia in recent weeks. As reported by the North Macedonian Ministry of Health on Saturday, a total of 43 infections with the virus in humans have recently been detected in the Balkan state, most of them in the past three weeks. Five infected people have died. "Almost every day someone is hospitalized and the number (of patients) in the clinic is about 20…
In North Macedonia, an epidemic of the West Nile virus has already claimed the lives of at least five people, the country's health authorities have announced. Meanwhile, efforts are underway to prevent the further spread of the virus through large-scale spraying operations against the mosquitoes that transmit this infectious disease.
In early August, authorities declared a state of epidemic in municipalities in Skopje and surrounding areas. The post Five deaths in North Macedonia from West Nile virus appeared first on in.gr.
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