West Nile virus in Europe in 2021 - infections among humans and outbreaks among equids and/or birds, updated 29 July 2021

Since the beginning of the 2021 transmission season and as of 29 July 2021, EU/EEA countries have reported one human case of WNV infection in Italy and no deaths. EU-neighbouring countries have reported no human cases of WNV infection.

During the current transmission season a single human case of WNV infection has been reported by those countries that provide information. The case was reported by La Spezia in Italy, and it was the first time that this province has reported a human case.

Since the beginning of the 2021 transmission season, one outbreak among equids and no outbreaks among birds have been reported by EU/EEA countries. The outbreak among equids was reported by Spain.