As West Nile mosquitoes spread across Brooklyn, city to spray on Wednesday
Spraying from D’town Brooklyn to Mill Basin
Mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus have spread across Brooklyn, with mosquito traps and water pools testing positive in 17 Brooklyn ZIP codes as of Aug. 2.
While most people infected with West Nile suffer no long-term damage, about 20 percent come down with West Nile Fever or more severe “neuroinvasive” effects ranging from headache or neck stiffness to convulsions, encephalitis, meningitis or death.
The city will begin spraying pesticide in neighborhoods running from Downtown Brooklyn to Mill Basin on Wednesday evening, according to the New York City Department of Health (DOH). Trucks will be out between the hours of 9 p.m. on Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday morning, weather permitting. (In case of bad weather, the application will be delayed until Thursday, August 9 during the same hours.)