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West Nile virus death toll rises to 3, number of infections doubled
door Sanne Duyvestein, AI-redacteur realitytv
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Last Thursday, the RIVM reported that the death toll from the West Nile virus had risen to three. The number of infections has doubled, the RIVM reports. A total of eighteen infections have been confirmed. Nine new cases have been reported since last Thursday.
According to Dutch authorities, eighteen people have been infected with the West Nile virus, Vrt Nws reports. Three of them have died. In Belgium, no human infections have been detected so far, but 25 horses and several birds have fallen ill there.
The West Nile virus was found in one of the patients in a study by Sanquin Research, nos.nl reports. Last week, the RIVM reported one death. A woman from Drenthe died from the virus, but she contracted the infection in Southeastern Europe and is not counted among Dutch infections.
The reports of the rising death toll and the doubled number of West Nile virus infections come from various news media, including Vrt Nws, Algemeen Belgi, Bluesky Social, Bluesky nieuws, nos.nl, Land Nederland, Algemeen Nederland, and De Telegraaf. NU, HLN, GVA, and De Gelderlander also report the figures.
According to Vrt Nws, eighteen people in the Netherlands have been infected with the West Nile virus and three of them have died. In Belgium, no human infections have been detected so far, but infections in animals have been.
The reports that the West Nile virus death toll is rising to three and the number of infections has doubled are reported by, among others, De Telegraaf, NU, RTL.nl, and ad.nl.