Update West Nile Virus (WNV) - France New

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) has been informed by the French authorities that the ID WNV NAT test for donations of blood and blood components has been introduced in the following region due to cases that have occurred:

Bouches-du-Rhône, Jura, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-d’Oise, Var, Vaucluse

For further information, please refer to the following safety warnings. We kindly ask you to pay attention to this during anamnesis interviews and donor selections.
 

Further inquiry note

haemovigilanz@basg.gv.at