{"id":67664,"date":"2026-08-26T16:47:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T16:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/67664"},"modified":"2026-08-26T16:47:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T16:47:44","slug":"west-nile-virus-infection-causes-one-death-in-the-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsvog.com\/ur\/67664","title":{"rendered":"West Nile virus infection causes one death in the Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:16px;line-height:1.6\">\n<p>AMSTERDAM: A person has died in a Dutch hospital after contracting the \u200bWest Nile virus in the Netherlands, \u200cthe country\u2019s public health institution RIVM said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The RIVM reported last week the first \u200bWest Nile virus infection contracted in \u200bthe Netherlands since 2020 and said the \u2060number of infections that had likely \u200boccurred inside the country had now risen \u200bto three.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear whether the person who died was one of those previously \u200breported and the RIVM gave no \u200bfurther information on the case.<\/p>\n<p>The virus, which mostly spreads \u200cto \u2060people through mosquito bites, can cause severe, life-threatening illness in about one in 150 people who are infected, according to \u200bthe World \u200bHealth Organization.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2060WHO has said warmer temperatures are giving mosquitoes more time \u200band territory to spread the West \u200bNile \u2060virus across Europe, with cases climbing in Greece and Italy this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The RIVM \u2060said \u200bit was still \u201cvery unlikely\u201d for \u200bpeople to be infected with the virus in the \u200bNetherlands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/west-nile-virus-infection-causes-one-death-in-the-netherlands\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMSTERDAM: A person has died in a Dutch hospital after contracting the \u200bWest Nile virus in the Netherlands, \u200cthe country\u2019s public health institution RIVM said on Wednesday. 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