WINNIPEG – Manitoba health officials say they have identified the first human case of West Nile virus in the province this year.
The Health Ministry says the individual is a woman in her 40s from the Winnipeg Health Region.
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She has reported mild symptoms.
It’s believed she was bitten by an infected mosquito in the Winnipeg area earlier this summer.
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Officials say while the risk of exposure to the virus is low overall, recent warm temperatures have increased activity by mosquito that carries West Nile.
(The Canadian Press)
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