PRO/AH/EDR> West Nile virus (50): Europe, ECDC

West Nile Virus — Italy
Between 31 Oct and 7 Nov 2019, EU Member States reported a total of 4 human cases: 2 in Italy and one each in Germany and Greece. No cases were reported from EU neighbouring countries. A human case was reported for the 1st time from an area in Germany. This week, 2 deaths were reported by Greece.
In the same time period, one outbreak among equids was reported by Austria to the Animal Disease Notification System (ADNS).
Since the beginning of the 2019 transmission season and as of October