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Health Department to treat for West Nile Virus-carrying mosquitoes in Queens, Staten Island and city wetlands
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Astoria Post
It’s that time of year again — the New York City Health Department will be spraying parts of Queens and Staten Island, as well as the city’s wetlands, next week to combat the growing population of mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus.
The Health Department announced on Friday that they will conduct aerial treatment (larviciding) and truck-based treatment (adulticiding) for both mosquito larvae and adult mosquitoes.
So far, no human cases of West Nile Virus have been reported in New York City.
In addition to these treatments, from Aug. 10 through 12, the Health Department will perform larviciding treatments over select nonresidential marshes and wetlands in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island.
The Health Department says that New Yorkers can help reduce the breeding of mosquitoes by eliminating standing water around their homes, including in buckets, flowerpots, birdbaths, tarps, and clogged gutters.