City’s first human case of West Nile virus hits Brooklyn
Mosquitoes carrying virus found in ten Brooklyn Zip Codes
Mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus have been detected in ten zip codes in Brooklyn, and on Sunday health officials confirmed that a Brooklyn man was the first in the city to be hospitalized with viral meningitis. According to the New York City Health Department, the patient was over the age of 60 and has been treated and released.
The virus has also been detected in mosquitos in large swaths of Staten Island and Queens. Spraying is taking place in Queens on Monday night and in 15 Brooklyn neighborhoods on Wednesday, August 19, between the hours of 8:30 p.m. and 6 a.m. the following morning, weather permitting.
These include parts of Bath Beach, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights, Gravesend, Fort Hamilton, New Utreht, parts of Georgetown, Mill Basin, Flatlands, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Marine Park, Midwood and Mill Island.