The Ministry of Health confirmed This Monday, the eighth death due to the West Nile virus in AndalusiaThis is the first victim in the Sevillian capital this year, where the victims are concentrated in the province.
Until now. Because this first death in the capital – who had previous pathologies – joins eight other cases which the department headed by Rocio Hernández is already registered. These are new infections in the province of Seville as well as in Huelva or Cadiz.
More specifically, they were recorded in La Campana, Los Palacios and Villafranca, Coria del Río and Mairena del Aljarafeone person in the Cordoba municipality of Fernán Núñez, another in the Huelva municipality of Rosal de la Frontera and in the Cadiz municipalities of Medina Sidonia and Vejer de la Frontera.
In addition, Health confirms the presence of the virus in samples taken in Vejer de la Frontera, in Cádiz, and the result of the remaining traps of this ministry in the provinces of Seville, Cadiz and Malaga are negative.
The results of the additional traps installed last week in Jaén and Córdoba are not yet available.
Similarly, Public Health reported that compared to the previous week, with number of Culex captures perexiguus “victims” in most traps in the municipalities of Puebla del Río, Coria del Río and Palomares de Río, without virus detection in the catches.
