Health Ministry: Third man dies from West Nile fever, 74 hospitalized
Twice as many cases recorded as in 2017 amid the biggest outbreak of the mosquito-transmitted disease in recent years
Health Ministry: Third man dies from West Nile fever, 74 hospitalized
The Health Ministry announces says a third person has died from West Nile fever, amid the biggest outbreak of the mosquito-transmitted disease in recent years.
A statement says the 61-year-old man who died in Beilinson Hospital was a cancer patient.
According to the ministry, 74 cases of the disease have been reported in Israel so far this year, twice as many as in 2017, and that 14 of those patients are in serious condition.