Overview

• Two patients aged 63 and 72 from Cisterna and Priverno have been hospitalized at Santa Maria Goretti hospital with improving West Nile virus infections, marking Lazio’s first locally acquired cases.
• Health officials are investigating two more suspected human infections in the Province of Latina with laboratory tests underway.
• Preliminary positive West Nile virus tests have been detected in a horse in Latina and in mosquito samples collected in Pontinia, pending official confirmation.
• Five human West Nile virus cases have been confirmed in Italy this year, with earlier infections reported in Piemonte, Emilia-Romagna and Veneto.
• Regione Lazio and ASL di Latina have stepped up vector control operations and urged residents to use repellents, wear protective clothing and remove standing water.