Friday, August 31, 2012
Central Mass. Mosquito Control Project executive director urges towns to keep stressing caution when outside.
The region is entering the "highest risk part" of the EEE season, and spraying might not eliminate that risk, Central Mass. Mosquito Control Project Executive Director Timothy Deschamps says. Local health boards should keep reminding residents to be careful when outside, including "using repellants and wearing long sleeved shirts and long pants whenever possible" and scheduling outdoor activities "to avoid the mosquito's most active time, dawn and dusk," Deschamps told the boards of health and selectmen in the mosquito project's 25 communities in a memo Thursday. So far, the mosquito project has had 51 mosquito collections with West Nile Virus and/or EEE among the 25 communities this season, with "many areas with multiple collections - and…
Monday, August 20, 2012
Westborough's EEE threat level remains high.
Mosquito spraying at Westborough's schools will happen tonight, as the town's EEE threat level remains high, Central Mass. Mosquito Control Project Executive Director Timothy Deschamps said today. Spraying at Westborough's parks is expected again this week, Deschamps said. Westborough officials last Friday closed all recreation fields, all school fields and all town parks at sunset until further notice, one day after the threat of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Westborough was elevated to high. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health elevated the threat level because human-biting, EEE-postive mosquitoes have been found here. Deschamps said today the mosquito control project began spraying on Thursday in Westborough Center "where the …
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Additional trapping ongoing, Central Mass. Mosquito Control Project says.
The Central Mass. Mosquito Control Project isn't planning more spraying in Westborough, where mosquitoes have tested positive for EEE and the West Nile Virus recently. However, additional mosquito trapping here is planned, the agency said on its website Monday. Spraying last occurred on Aug. 2. That happened after mosquitoes were collected that ultimately tested positive for the viruses. The latest results were announced Aug. 8. Health officials are recommending residents take these precautions:
Monday, August 6, 2012
More mosquitoes will be sent for testing Tuesday.
Mosquito spraying in Westborough occurred without incident last Thursday following more EEE-positive mosquitoes being found here, Central Mass. Mosquito Control Project Executive Director Timothy Deschamps said today. More mosquitoes will be sent for testing Tuesday, with the results available within a day or two, he said. The latest Eastern Equine Encephalitis mosquitoes were confirmed last Wednesday in a mosquito control project trap off Summer Street Extension on July 27. The Milk Street area was sprayed last Monday because mosquitoes with EEE were identified last Thursday in a trap the mosquito control project set there July 17.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Spraying of Summer Street Extension planned for Thursday.
More mosquitoes with the Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus have been found in Westborough, prompting more spraying Thursday, Central Mass. Mosquito Control Project Executive Director Timothy Deschamps said today. The latest EEE mosquitoes were confirmed earlier today in a mosquito control project trap off Summer Street Extension on July 27, Deschamps said in a press release. The spraying has been coordinated with the Westborough Board of Health, he wrote. Deschamps also is urging residents to take precautions when outside. Spraying will occur in Westborough for the second time this week. The Milk Street area was sprayed Monday because mosquitoes with EEE were identified last Thursday in a trap the mosquito control project set there July 17.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Residents should continue taking precautions.
Spraying in Westborough where mosquitoes with EEE were found recently went well Monday, Central Mass. Mosquito Control Project Executive Director Timothy Deschamps said today. However, the agency will continue trapping and testing mosquitoes in that Milk Street area, as well as elsewhere in town, Deschamps said. Residents should continue taking precautions, he added. Mosquitoes with the Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus were identified last Thursday in a trap the mosquito control project set off Milk Street on July 17, according to a project press release.
