Over the past six months, more than 15,000 people have sought medical attention due to tick bites.

August 16, Minsk . More than 15,000 people sought medical attention from January to June due to tick bites, BelTA reports, citing the Ministry of Health's press service.
Most cases occurred in the Grodno Region and Minsk.

In the first half of the year, more than 80 cases of tick-borne viral encephalitis and approximately 700 cases of Lyme borreliosis were registered.

To prevent tick-borne infections, experts recommend wearing light-colored, plain clothing that covers as much of the arms and legs as possible when visiting forests and parks, using tick repellents, and performing self- and mutual inspections of clothing and body parts.

Avoid allowing grass to grow excessively in your garden plot. Remove unwanted shrubs and mow the grass, as well as treat the plot with deratization and acaricides. Only boiled goat's milk should be consumed .

Vaccination is available to prevent tick-borne encephalitis. In Belarus, vaccinations are provided free of charge to workers whose professional activities involve forest management in the Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park, the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve, and other enzootic areas. Other people must pay for preventive vaccinations against tick-borne encephalitis at their own expense.