A second death from West Nile fever has been confirmed in North Macedonia on Friday after a 72-year-old Skopje resident died at the Infectious Diseases Clinic in Skopje.
Clinic director Fadil Cana said the patient was admitted in serious condition with pronounced neurological symptoms and was later confirmed to have a West Nile virus infection. A total of 24 patients are currently hospitalized at the clinic, including 19 with laboratory-confirmed West Nile infections. Five additional patients are suspected of having the virus and are undergoing diagnostic testing.
The latest death is the second confirmed fatality linked to West Nile fever in the country. On Sunday, healthcare authorities confirmed three new cases of West Nile fever, one of them detected in Arachinovo, the first case in this municipality.