North Macedonia records 56 West Nile fever cases this year; Skopje hardest hit
Institute of Public Health reports 52 confirmed and four probable cases, mainly in Kisela Voda and Gazi Baba.
North Macedonia has registered 56 cases of West Nile fever so far this year, a total larger than all recorded cases between 2011 and 2025, according to the latest report by the Institute of Public Health (IPH).
Most cases concentrated in Skopje
The IPH data show that 52 of the cases are laboratory-confirmed and four are classified as probable. Fifty-four of the patients are residents of Skopje, with the highest numbers reported in the municipalities of Kisela Voda and Gazi Baba. One case was recorded in Veles and one in Kumanovo.
Of the 56 cases, 55 are considered autochthonous. One patient has a travel history to Greece, but the incubation period also covered time spent in North Macedonia, the report notes.
The institute’s figures mark a marked rise in West Nile activity compared with the previous 15-year period. The report does not attribute the increase to a single cause, but documents the municipal breakdown and the confirmed/probable case status.
Separately, Minister of Education and Science Vesna Janevska said today that the Ministry of Education and Science did not award a state scholarship to the son of MP Antonio Milososki, responding to questions about rumours that he had received funding to study at a university in Madrid.
Also, the Financial Police Administration filed a criminal complaint with the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Struga against one natural person and one legal entity on suspicion of committing the criminal offence “Tax evasion” under Article 279 of the Criminal Code.
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