Italy Emerges As European Hotspot For West Nile Fever Outbreaks
Umer Jamshaid Published August 14, 2022 | 04:30 PM
ROME, Aug. 14 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Aug, 2022 ) :-- Italy is emerging as a hotspot in Europe for the new outbreak of the West Nile virus, as the death toll on Friday has reached 11 in the country so far this year.
According to recent data from the European Center for Disease Control, as of Wednesday, 188 human cases of West Nile virus in the European Union were recorded from the start of the year, 144 of which came from Italy. All deaths caused by the virus this year are from Italy.
Italy's High Institute of Health reported Friday the number of infections from the virus has increased by more than 50 percent over the last week.
According to Italian official sources, most of the cases of the virus in Italy have been recorded since the start of June, with the majority of those recorded in the central and northern Italian regions of Emilia Romagna, Veneto, Piedmont, and Lombardy.
Veneto, which is home to more than half of the total cases in Italy and six of the country's 11 deaths, is the country's largest reported cluster of the virus. But the region of Lombardy reported the latest death from the virus on Friday, in the city of Brescia, east of Milan.
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