WNV Risk Areas Italy - Update

To the Federal Office for Security in the Health Care was given from the Italian authority informed that the WNV NAT testing additionally to the already known given regions now also in the Province Forli-Cesena (Region Emilia-Romagna) is carried out is carried out.

For the already announced announced Province Ferrara was the Information about a confirmed WNV neuroinvasive human disease respectively for the Province Modena via a WNV NAT positive tested blood donor transmitted.

To corresponding attention in the anamnesis interviews and donor selections is therefore requested.

Further inquiry note

haemovigilanz@basg.gv.at