A total of 180 cases of West Nile Virus infection have been diagnosed and investigated and 24 people have died due to the mosquito-born disease in Greece in 2024, up until September 18, according to an epidemiological report released on Thursday by Greece’s National Public Health Organisation (EODY). West Nile …
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West Nile virus kills 12 infected patients in Greece
A total of 12 patients infected with the West Nile Virus have died since the start of the year until August 21. The virus is transmitted to humans by infected mosquitos. According the weekly epidemiological report of the National Public Health Organization EODY, the deceased were over 60 years old …
Read More »Health authorities in Greece warn of West Nile virus
Greece’s National Public Health Organization (EODY) issued an alert on the West Nile virus on Monday, advising citizens to be cautious and take protective measures. According to EODY, the number of recorded cases are higher compared to the same period in the previous five years, while the virus is present …
Read More »West Nile Virus infections spread across more areas in Greece
An alert for West Nile virus has now been raised in 19 Greek municipalities after an increase in cases across more areas of the country during the last week. The National Public Health Organization said that from the start of this year’s surveillance period until Tuesday afternoon, 21 domestic instances …
Read More »West Nile Virus claims 2 lives; 11 infection cases in Greece
The West Nile virus has claimed the lives of two infected patients, Greece’s National Health Care Organization announced on Tuesday. Both were over 81 years old and the cause of their deaths has been manifested in the central Nerves system. Furthermore, eight new cases of the infection have been recorded …
Read More »West Nile infections in Greece rise to 278; total deaths 26
The number of West Nile virus infections in Greece rose to 278, with the last ten cases to have been recorded in the last seven days, National Public Health Organization (EODY) said in its weekly bulletin on Tuesday. The number of total deaths since the start of the year stands …
Read More »West Nile Virus: 160 infections, 14 deaths in total (EODY weekly)
Dozens of new infections with the West Nile virus within a week and 14 deaths in total were announced by Greece’s National Health Care Organization EODY. the majority of infections have been recorded in central and northern Greece According to EODY weekly bulletin, from the begin of 2022 until September …
Read More »West Nile virus cases in Greece reach 60 in mid-August; 2 deaths
Greece’s National Health Care organization EODY has announced a big increase in West Nile virus cases in the country. Two infected people have died. 19 new cases have diagnosed since the last week, and the total of infections with the virus transmitted by mosquitoes has reached 60 this year, EODY …
Read More »West Nile virus claims two lives in Greece; 10 people infected
The West Nile virus has claimed the lives of two people this summer in Greece and infected ten others. An infected woman passed away on Monday morning in Serres, northern Greece. She was diagnosed with the virus a week ago. The elderly woman was the second fatality caused by the …
Read More »Death toll of West Nile virus rises to 25, a total of 195 inifections
25 people have lost their lives since the beginning of the mosquitoes season in Greece due to complication of infection with the West Nile virus. According to the weekly report by the National Public Health Organization, a total of 195 people have been infected with the virus, while 121 of …
Read More »West Nile virus in Greece claims 15 lives, infects 158 people
The West Nile virus has claimed a total of 15 lives in the time from beginning of the mosquitoes season 2019 until September 5. All the victims were over 60 years old.During the same period a total of 158 people were infected by the virus across the country. 97 of …
Read More »West Nile virus victims rise to 10, number of total infections 96
Four deaths and 47 new cases of infection with the West Nile virus have been recorded in the last week, thus increasing the total number of deaths to 10 and of infections to 96. According to the weekly epidemiological surveillance report of the West Nile Virus issued by the Greek …
Read More »Four people die of West Nile virus, 35 infected in Greece
Two more people died last week due to West Nile virus infection, increasing the number of deaths since the begin of mosquitoes season to four. According to the latest epidemiological report by the Greek National Public Health Organization (EHOD) published on Thursday, August 8th 2019, the number of West Nile …
Read More »41 people die in Greece due to mosquito-transmitted West Nile Virus
The number of people who died of complications from the mosquito-transferred West Nile virus has increased to 41, Greece’s Center for Disease Prevention and Protection KEELPNO said in its weekly report. From the begin of mosquito period in 2018 until 13:00 on 18. October, 308 people were diagnosed to have …
Read More »Death toll of victims of mosquito-transmitted West Nile virus rises to 27
Five people died during the last week from complication of the West Nile infection increasing the number of victims to 27, Greece’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO) said on Thursday. the West Nile virus is transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes. Currently there are 26 people hospitalized with …
Read More »West Nile virus kills 16 people in Greece, a total of 135 infections reported
Five more people died in the last days, increasing the death toll of West Nile virus victims to sixteen. A total of 135 infection cases have been reported from the begin of the mosquitoes season, Greece’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO) said on Wednesday. In its previous statement …
Read More »Eleven people die in Greece after infection with West Nile virus
Six more people died from complications of the West Nile virus during the last seven days increasing the death toll to 11 people since the beginning of summer, Greece’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO) said on Thursday. From beginning of the yea until 22. August 2018, a total …
Read More »Three people die after infection with mosquito transmitted West Nile virus
Three people infected with the West Nile virus died in the last 24 hours in hospitals in Athens. The victims were aged 70 and 80. They were all in intensive care units and died of health complications after infection with the mosquito transited virus. From the beginning of the mosquitoes …
Read More »West Nile virus kills two women, as disease breaks out again after two years
One elderly woman from Argolida in Eastern Peloponnese died from West Nile virus infection on Wednesday. She is the first victim this year of the disease that is transited through the bite of a mosquito infected with the virus. The 90-year-old woman was infected with the West Nile virus, got …
Read More »Athens: Man, 75, Dies from West Nile Disease
A 75-year-old man is the first victim of the West Nile disease in the Greek capital – A virus infection transmitted through “tiger” mosquitoes. The man was been hospitalized with encephalitis at the Intensive Care Unit of “Ippokratio” hospital. The man was a resident of the city centre, Greek media …
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