NEW YORK — Vehicles shall be back on New York City streets again this week to conduct additional pesticide spraying for mosquitoes to cut back the chance of West Nile virus.
This time, they are going to be in components of Queens and Decrease Manhattan.
The director of town Division of Well being’s Zoonotic Borne Illness Unit told CBS News New York the pesticide used is safe, however it is suggested that residents keep indoors when vehicles are spraying on their avenue.
Mosquito spraying in Queens
Vehicles will spray pesticides in components of Queens from 8:30 p.m. Tuesday to six a.m. Wednesday. Within the occasion of dangerous climate, the spraying will happen Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.
Spraying shall be performed in components of the next neighborhoods:
- Brookville,
- Cambria Heights,
- Laurelton,
- Rochdale,
- Rosedale,
- South Jamaica,
- Springfield Gardens,
- And St. Albans.
New York Metropolis Well being Division
Mosquito spraying in Decrease Manhattan
Spraying will happen in components of Decrease Manhattan from 10:30 p.m. Thursday to six a.m. Friday. Within the occasion of dangerous climate, it will likely be delayed till Monday evening and Tuesday morning.
Vehicles shall be in components of the next neighborhoods:
- Bowery,
- Chinatown,
- Civic Heart,
- East Village,
- Monetary District,
- Flatiron,
- Gramercy Park,
- Greenwich Village,
- Kips Bay,
- Little Italy,
- Decrease East Aspect,
- Midtown South,
- Noho,
- Soho,
- Tribeca,
- Two Bridges,
- Union Sq.,
- And West Village.
New York Metropolis Well being Division
West Nile virus in NYC
In keeping with the latest data on the city health department’s website, there have been 9 circumstances of West Nile neuroinvasive illness throughout town this 12 months, plus one case of West Nile fever and three asymptomatic circumstances detected in blood donors.
Of these 13 complete circumstances, three had been within the Bronx, two had been in Brooklyn, three had been in Manhattan and 5 had been in Queens.
The well being division says mosquitoes are most lively within the metropolis from Could by way of October.
