West Nile Virus in Southborough

Dear families,

     We have all heard about the West Nile Virus, but now it has been detected here in Southborough.  They will be spraying between 7:30pm and midnight on Monday, September 10th from the side of the road, according to the automated message we received on Sunday.  We had our yard sprayed already, shortly before we learned this information and they sprayed all the way down back as well.  We will not be applying bug spray on the children, but if you would like to do so, please apply it before you come to daycare.  They say that the best type is the one with DEET.  The following is from the post that copied and pasted from mysouthborough.com

 

Thanks,

Jen and Wendy

 

 

Mosquitoes infected with West Nile have been found in Southborough

by susan on September 6, 2012

 

     The Central Mass Mosquito Control Project announced today mosquitoes infected with the West Nile virus were found in Southborough. The virus was detected in mosquitoes trapped on Newton Street on August 28. No cases of human infection in Southborough have been reported.
In coordination with the Southborough Board of Health, CMMCP has scheduled spraying of the area around Newton Street for Monday, September 10. CMMCP notes that while spraying can reduce the threat of mosquito-borne illness, it does not eliminate it. Residents are still urged to take precautions both before and after spraying.
     The detection of mosquitoes infected with West Nile in Southborough was perhaps only a matter of time. West Nile had been found earlier this summer in nearly all of our neighboring communities, including Westborough, Northborough, Hopkinton, Ashland, and Marlborough.

The following streets will be sprayed:

Autumn Hill Ln	Howes Ct	School St
Boston Rd	Ledge Hill Rd	St Marks St
Common St	Lyman St	Upland Rd
Cross St	Main St	Walker St
E Main St	Marlboro Rd	Whistler Ln
Framingham Rd	Newton St	Winchester St
Hillside Ave	Overlook Dr	Wyeth Cir