Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 5th July. Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection and Ministry of Health on Thursday revealved that it has detected mosquitoes infected with the West Nile virus during a monitoring operation.
It said in a press release reported in media that mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus were captured in Tel Aviv, Herzliya, Kiryat Ono, Petah Tikva, the Lev Hasharon Regional Council, Central District, as well as in Eilat and the Aylot Regional Council in the south of the country.
The ministries asked the public to protect themselves against mosquitoes after it issued guidelines to help the national effort to reduce the mosquito hazard in accordance with the results of the monitoring.
Oren Ashet Kathabi, Director of the Department of Zoonotic Diseases in the Public Health Division of the Ministry of Health, explained that West Nile Fever is a disease that originates from animals and is also transmitted to humans.
It is caused by a virus found mainly in poultry, and is transmitted to humans and animals through mosquitoes that feed on infected birds. In most cases, it is a mild flu-like illness that goes away on its own.
The disease is often characterised by fever, headache, joint and muscle pain, conjunctivitis, and sometimes nausea and diarrhea. Rare complications are possible or meningitis and rarely the disease ends in death, it stated.
The ministries reiterated that to avoid mosquito bites and hazards, the Israeli ministry has recommended draining and drying stagnant water sources that may constitute habitats for mosquitoes.
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