{"id":1492,"date":"2026-10-17T15:07:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T12:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5000.news\/ecdc-zapadnonilski-virus-es-sezon-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T15:07:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T12:07:22","slug":"ecdc-zapadnonilski-virus-es-sezon-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/ecdc-zapadnonilski-virus-es-sezon-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"ECDC reports a record West Nile virus season in the EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reported a record West Nile virus season in the EU on 15 October. Countries had reported 1,715 locally acquired human infections as of 7 October. ECDC found no indication of increased severity this year.<\/p>\n<p>Advice for people in affected areas includes repellent, loose long clothing in the evening and mosquito screens. The release describes the European situation; it does not confirm an outbreak in Veliko Tarnovo or its region.<\/p>\n<p><small>Illustrative photo: Syed Ali \/ Unsplash. A mosquito on a leaf; the image does not establish its species or whether it carries a virus. Cropped to 1200\u00d7675 px. <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@syedmohdali121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Photographer<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/license\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Licence<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecdc.europa.eu\/en\/news-events\/record-high-west-nile-virus-infections-reported-amid-spread-new-parts-europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ECDC \u2014 release dated 15 October 2026<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 15 October release uses data as of 7 October. It does not establish a local outbreak in Veliko Tarnovo.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,5],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-1492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zdrave","category-svyat","tag-aktualno"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}