In a monitoring operation in the center of the country, Israel’s Ministry of Environmental Protection captured mosquitoes infected with the West Nile virus in the area of Ben Gurion Airport.
Forty-two Israelis have been diagnosed with West Nile Fever since May, according to figures released by the Health Ministry on Tuesday. Of that number, 36 patients have been hospitalized, including five patients placed on ventilators.
Two patients died of the virus on Monday at Petah Tikvah’s Beilinson Hospital, raising the number of fatalities to four.
To protect yourself from mosquito bites and reduce the risk of being bitten The Ministry of Health notes that, as a rule, about 80% of those infected do not develop symptoms of West Nile fever.