An 87-year-old woman died of Nile virus in Coria del Río, and 10 more cases were confirmed in Seville province

An 87-year-old woman died West Nile Virus The Secretary of Health and Consumer Affairs of the Junta de Andalucía reported that there are 10 more confirmed cases in the province of Coria del Río (Seville). Of these, three are in Dos Hermanas, four are from Coria del Río, one from La Puebla del Río, one from Seville and one from a citizen of Navarre in Utrera.

The woman who died in Coria del Río had a previous illness, as the Minister of Health explained in a statement, in which she detailed that five of the cases had already been discharged. However, residents of the small town of Seville claim ‘Very scared’ And called for a demonstration on August 19 next year, continuing the protest that took place last week in La Puebla del Rio, where more than 2,000 people gathered.

The General Directorate of Public Health and Drug Control detected the presence of West Nile virus in mosquitoes captured in the city of Seville between August 1 and 8 Almensilla, Bollullos de la Mitacin, Dos Hermanas, Gelves, Los Palacios, Villafranca and Villamanrique de la Condesa, as well as Barbate, CádizIn addition, the CSIC Doana Biological Station also found the virus in mosquitoes in La Puebla del Rio, Coria del Rio and Palomares del Rio.

In turn, West Nile virus was detected in a horse in Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz) and in three other horses in the Sevillian towns of Sija, La Louisiana and Carmona.

The goal is toSignificantly reduced” The possibility of transmission to the population, which is why the Health Department is in coordination with the affected town councils, the Provincial Council and companies to carry out mosquito control actions that must be carried out by local authorities in the Bajo Guadalquivir area.

Furthermore, the weekly public health report concludes that the density of female populations of potential transmission mosquito species is at high levels (levels IV and III) in Villamanrique de la Condesa, Los Palacios and Villafranca, Gelves, Dos Hermanas and Bollullos de la Mitacin (Seville) and Barbate (Cádiz), and at moderate levels (level II) in Almencilla (Seville), Benalup-Casas Viejas and Vejer de la Frontera (Cádiz).