NEW YORK – As part of New York City’s ongoing efforts to reduce the spread of West Nile virus, more neighborhoods in the five boroughs will be sprayed with treatments to reduce mosquito populations.
As was done earlier this week, trucks will enter neighborhoods during the evening in the first week of September to deal with areas where mosquitoes may breed, the Department of Health and Mental Health said. the town on Wednesday.
Starting on the afternoon of September 3, city trucks will be spraying pesticides in sections of Queen. Fumigation starts around 8:30pm and lasts until 6am the next morning. If it rains that night, a firefight will take place the following night, September 4.
Parts of the following neighborhoods in Queens will be extinguished:
- Brookville
- Cambria Heights
- Laurelton
- Rochelle
- Rosdale
- South Jamaica
- Springfield Gardens
- Scots
The trucks will return to Manhattan on September 5but this time on the other side of the island. Spraying occurs below 30th Street, including lower Manhattan, Greenwich Village, the Lower East Side and more. The trucks will leave between 10:30pm and stay out until 6am on Friday morning.
These are the neighborhoods that will be affected, according to the DOH.
Parts of the following neighborhoods in Manhattan will be extinguished:
- Poverty
- China Town
- Civic Centre
- East Town
- Financial District
- Gramercy Park
- Greenwich Village
- Kips Bay
- Little Italy
- Lower East Side
- Ho is not
- SoHo
- Tribeca
- Two Bridges
- Union Square
- West Village
What pesticides are used? Are they harmful to your health?
The pesticides used should not pose a serious threat to human or pet health if used correctly.
The New York City Health Department has sent workers to 50 locations a day to catch and test mosquitoes, and has found that the number of mosquitoes with West Nile virus has increased to date. summer 2024 in the five cities.
“We are focusing on areas where there is a high probability of disease transmission. The disease will spread if not treated,” said Dr. Waheed Bajwa, executive director of vector control at the DOH. “Recent data shows that if we don’t spray, transmission to humans can happen. “
It is easy to kill the deadliest animal in the world, but that does not mean that it is easy to get rid of.
Mosquitoes have been found throughout New York City with West Nile virus. Although rare, the virus raised concerns after Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former US infectious disease expert, was hospitalized after contracting the mosquito-borne illness.
The New York City Health Department also announced last week that they detected West Nile virus in New Yorkers for the first time in 2024.
According to the New York City Health Department, a total of six cases have been confirmed. Four people have tested positive for neuroinvasive West Nile virus disease, three in Queens and one in Manhattan. A person in Queens became ill with West Nile fever, and the virus was found in three blood donors from Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens. It is not clear when the data was last updated.
How did the virus start?
West Nile virus was first discovered in the United States in 1999 in New York. Little by little it spread throughout the country. In 2003, there were almost 10,000 cases.
The common denominator among the places where cases have recently been found is stagnant water, where mosquitoes breed. Continual testing led health authorities to focus on specific areas.
The increase in West Nile virus cases is not only a problem for New York City, but for the entire country. In New Jersey, the state Department of Health said cases appeared earlier than expected in the season and are likely to continue into October.
2024-08-29 16:54:33
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