Romania Reports First West Nile Virus Fatalities

Two people have died of the West Nile flu virus in Bulgaria’s northern neighbor Romania.

Five others have been infected with the virus, announced Cseke Attila, Romania’s Health Minister.

The West Nile fever has already caused 4 deaths in Greece and 6 in Russia.

The Romanian fatalities occurred in the capital Bucharest and in the Black Sea city of Constanta. The other cases of inspections were discovered in the eastern and southern parts of the country.

The Romanian Health Minister urged the population to avoid contact with insects as the West Nile virus is spread by mosquitoes.

No cases of the West Nile flu virus have been reported in Bulgaria yet, and the Bulgarian health authorities have sought to assuage the fears of the people after the first fatalities in Greece earlier in August.

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