West Nile virus in Europe in 2021 - infections among humans and outbreaks among equids and/or birds, updated 12 August 2021

Since the beginning of the 2021 transmission season and as of 12 August 2021, EU/EEA countries have reported 19 human cases of WNV infection in Greece (10), Italy (6), Austria (2) and Romania (1) and no deaths. EU-neighbouring countries have reported 2 human cases of WNV infection in Serbia (2) and 2 deaths in Serbia (2).

During the current transmission season, within the reporting countries, human cases of WNV infection were reported from 11 different NUTS 3 or GAUL 1 regions, of which the following regions reported human cases of WNV infection for the first time: La Spezia in Italy.

Since the beginning of the 2021 transmission season, 1 outbreaks among equids and no outbreaks among birds have been reported by EU/EEA countries. Outbreaks among equids have been reported by Spain (1).