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Source: https://nltimes.nl/2026/10/08/new-west-nile-virus-death-brings-netherlands-toll-10
New West Nile virus death brings Netherlands toll to 10
Thursday, 8 October 2026 - 14:30
Another person in the Netherlands has died after contracting West Nile virus during the first week of October, according to the latest weekly update from the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). Three new infections were reported between October 1 and 7, bringing the total number of people diagnosed with the virus in the Netherlands this year to 59. Ten of those patients have died.
This continues the decline in new infections that the RIVM had predicted. An RIVM spokesperson said the end of the mosquito season is one of the factors behind the drop...
New West Nile virus death brings Netherlands toll to 10
Thursday, 8 October 2026 - 14:30
Another person in the Netherlands has died after contracting West Nile virus during the first week of October, according to the latest weekly update from the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). Three new infections were reported between October 1 and 7, bringing the total number of people diagnosed with the virus in the Netherlands this year to 59. Ten of those patients have died.
This continues the decline in new infections that the RIVM had predicted. An RIVM spokesperson said the end of the mosquito season is one of the factors behind the drop...