Overview

• Seven new West Nile cases confirmed in Lazio raise the local total to 28, with 26 in Latina province and two in Rome province.
• Two of the new infections have progressed to neuroinvasive syndrome while five patients exhibit only febrile symptoms.
• Regional health authorities have extended containment measures to ASL Roma 6, covering Rome’s coastal and southern areas.
• National surveillance data report 32 confirmed cases in Italy this year, including two deaths, the first autochthonous case in Piemonte and clusters in Campania.
• Vector control actions under the national arbovirus plan encompass intensified mosquito surveillance, blood donation screening and targeted local disinfestations.