The myth of November dispelled: in the Pskov region ticks bit six people in a week, two of them are children

November has arrived and it seems the season is over. But ticks do not read calendars: they are active as long as the temperature stays above zero. In the week from October 26 to November 1, 6 people, including two children, suffered from their bites. This “MK in Pskov” reported in the press service of Rospotrebnadzor in the Pskov region.

Since the beginning of the season, 2443 people have applied to medical institutions in the region - 39.1% less than the average long-term indicators, of which 678 children (29.4% below the average). For comparison, for the same period in 2025, there were 3,239 applications, including 831 children.

The laboratories studied 2997 ticks, of which 2,409 were taken from people. Infection with dangerous infections:

During the season, 5 cases of tick-borne viral encephalitis (including one child) and 30 cases of tick-borne ixodic borreliosis (including six children) were diagnosed.

Simple rules of protection for going to the park and forest: