A person dead from the Nile virus in Kosovo

According to the European Centre for Protection and Control of Epidemi, from August 3rd to 9th, 231 cases of Nile virus infection have been recorded in Europe alone. This report reportedly even Kosovo has been affected by this virus, and two cases of infection have already been recorded. One of them reportedly died. The case of the death of a patient in Kosovo by the Nile Virus has confirmed to public television also Naser Ramadani, director of the National Institute of Public Health.

Meanwhile, as of August 1, some information on the characteristics of this disease has been provided on the main page of the National Institute of Public Health. The Western Nile's “Virus” can cause fatal neurological disease in humans, even though about 80 percent of people who are infected show no symptoms. The Western Nile virus is transmitted primarily to people through mosquito bites that are infected. This virus can cause neurological and human death, and it is usually found in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and Western Asia.

The symptoms of this virus include fever, headaches, fatigue, and body pain - mixed, vomited, and occasional rashes of skin and swelling of lymphatic glands.

According to the European Centre for Prevention and Control of Epidemi, there are currently 17 victims from this virus -- nine in Serbia, three in Greece, three in Italy, one in Kosovo and one in Romania.