Overview

• Italy’s weekly ISS bulletin on August 7 recorded 173 confirmed West Nile infections and 11 deaths countrywide, with Lazio accounting for seven fatalities.
• A second case emerged in Rome’s Infernetto district alongside a Spallanzani hospital patient, triggering expanded mosquito‐control measures in the capital.
• Calabria confirmed its first West Nile fatality in an 80-year-old man from Riace, signaling the virus’s spread beyond traditional hotspots.
• Local and regional agencies have intensified larvicidal and adulticidal disinfestation as well as blood-donor screening in high-risk swampy areas like Agro Pontino.
• Elderly individuals with underlying conditions remain most at risk, prompting appeals for increased community vigilance and early medical consultation.