Flaviviruses

The country will be divided into four levels in terms of risk assessment for the transmission of West Nile virus infection - Depending on the risk, specific measures are defined

Health authorities in Paris fumigated areas of the French capital for the first time on Aug. 31 to kill disease-carrying tiger mosquitoes whose rapid advance through northern Europe is thought to have been accelerated by climate change.

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 (EODY) has officially detected Greece's first case of West Nile, a virus transmitted by mosquitoes, for this year.

According to an announcement on Monday, the case was reported in Irakleia, in Serres, northern Greece.

Europe recorded almost as many locally caught cases of dengue in 2022 as it had over the previous 11 years, new figures from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) show.

The number of "Aedes" mosquitoes capable of carrying the Zika virus has increased in all coasts of the country, especially in Istanbul, Kenan Midilli, a professor from Istanbul University's Cerrahpaşa Medicine Faculty, has warned.

Four local cases of West Nile virus infection in humans have been registered between June 7 - September 2, and one of the infected persons has died, the National Center for the Surveillance and Control of Communicable Diseases of the National Public Health Institute informs. The West Nile fatality is a 63-year-old man from Dolj County.

The Istanbul Municipality has launched a mobile application that will enable authorities to identify and locate different mosquito species in the city in a bid to check the mosquito-borne diseases in the province.

Academics have raised the alarm over looming disease threats that could be caused by mosquitos in the summer if officials do not take action on time.

The disease was first discovered on Saturday night in the ancient city of Eluru, in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, known for its handmade wicker products. People suddenly got cramps and seizures, says Dr Geeta Prasadini, director of public health.