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Health Ministry: West Nile fever death toll reaches 31
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Illustrative image of a mosquito biting through skin. (iStock by Getty Images/nechaev-kon)
The Health Ministry reports that the death toll in the current West Nile Fever outbreak has risen to 31, with 356 people diagnosed with the mosquito-borne virus.
The ministry stressed that the virus is not transmitted from person to person.
The disease is mostly spread by birds and transmitted to animals and humans by mosquito bites.
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