Update: West Nile Virus (WNV) - Spain

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has been informed that confirmed human WNV infections have been recorded in the following regions in Spain:

Badajoz, Cáceres, Cádiz, Córdoba, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga, Sevilla, Toledo

For further information, please refer to the following safety alerts. Please pay attention to this during anamnesis interviews and donor selections.

Further inquiry note

haemovigilanz@basg.gv.at