UPDATE: More EEE Founnd – Spray Area Expanded The Oswego County Health Department postponed its plans to spray an area of central Oswego County tonight (Aug. 24) due to the high wind forecast. Wind speed is one of the many parameters used to make the determination to proceed with aerial spraying.
The Oswego County Health Department has been notified that four more pools of mosquitoes, collected from the Toad Harbor/Big Bay Swamp area on the north shore of Oneida Lake, have tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis. Public Health Director Dr. Dennis Norfleet said the virus has spread from a species of mosquito that feeds on birds to a species that bites humans, As a result, Oswego County is preparing to conduct aerial spraying of the Toad Harbor and Big Bay swamps by the middle of or late next week.
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