West Nile Virus — Israel
Two Israelis have died in the past few weeks from West Nile fever, the Health Ministry said [Thu 23 Aug 208], amid the biggest outbreak of the mosquito-transmitted disease in recent years.
The ministry said in a statement that 68 cases have been reported — twice as much as last year [2017] — and that 14 of the patients were in serious condition.
Two people have died, it added, including an 85-year-old man with what the ministry described as “preexisting health problems.”
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