A new West Nile fever death has been recorded. The Director of the Infectious Diseases Clinic, Fadil Cana, said on Tuesday the case involved a 76-year-old patient who had been brought to the institution in an extremely critical condition with a neuroinvasive form of the disease. It was confirmed he had the West Nile virus, while he also had comorbidities.
A 24-year-old patient is also hospitalized at the Clinic for Infectious Diseases, currently undergoing examinations. Over the past two days, new patients have also been admitted and are being treated as suspected cases.