Overview

• A 72-year-old man in Maddaloni became the eighth Italian to die from West Nile Virus on July 30, marking the fourth fatality in Campania.
• Authorities confirm 44 lab-verified infections in Lazio alongside new autochthonous cases in Milan and Pavia, and the first human infection of the season in Sardinia.
• The Centro nazionale sangue has barred donations for anyone who spent at least one night in 31 high-risk provinces for 28 days unless cleared by a WNV NAT test.
• Mosquito vector control has been intensified with targeted trapping, CO2-baited traps and disinfestation campaigns across affected regions.
• Epidemiologists project case numbers to peak between mid-August and the third week before declining, based on historical entomological data.