West Nile Virus Spotted in Greece

Commonly seen in Middle East, North America and West Asian countries and with a 10% mortality rate West Nile virus kills tens of thousands of people each year. Unfortunately, there is no established treatment or cure for this disease, which is spread by a specific mosquito species called Culex. not available.

This virus, which was last seen in our country in 2019, was also seen in our neighboring country, Greece, recently. The National Public Health Organization of Greece (EODY) said in a statement that only 123 cases were detected in 1 day and 11 people died due to the virus.

It can be seen in our country again soon

While patients with symptoms such as meningitis, fever, weakness, nausea, headache and muscle aches generally find 20%, 80% of those infected with the virus. shows almost no symptoms. In addition to the West Nile virus, Culex mosquitoes carrying the virus are at risk of carrying avian malaria, Japanese encephalitis and similar diseases.

Although the virus has not yet been seen in our country, the World Health Organization announced that Greece and its neighboring countries should be prepared against the West Nile virus. West Nile virus, which was not seen in our country in 2020 and 2021, has recently It may appear in our country again..

It was noteworthy that Bill Gates changed his Twitter cover photo when the deaths were announced in Greece.

Mosquito cover photo by Bill Gates

At the time the number of cases and deaths were announced in Greece, he replaced his Twitter profile picture with a photo taken while playing tennis and added a cover photo to it. mosquito Bill Gates, who put it in, became the focus of criticism. Some users even interpreted the photo of Bill Gates playing tennis as killing a fly. Gates, one of the co-founders of Microsoft, did not make a statement on the subject, and immediately after removing his profile photo and cover photo, he published about the famous billionaire last month. via the mosquito program allegations and conspiracy theories began to emerge.

According to Gates’ article World Mosquito Program This project, called It was on exposure to Wolbachia. According to the project, the rate of disease transmission by mosquitoes exposed to this bacterium could decrease by up to 77%.

Many conspiracy theorists believe that Gates has brought new viruses to new mosquitoes through this project. claimed to make countries sick. Bill Gates, on the other hand, made no statement on the subject after changing his profile photo.