Boston is one of eight Massachusetts communities where the risk of getting West Nile virus is now considered high, health officials said Friday.
"The risk from is pretty widespread this year," Massachusetts' state epidemiologist said
Large swaths of the rest of eastern Massachusetts are at moderate risk for West Nile virus transmission, according to the update, and other parts of the state are as well. Two people in Massachusetts have been diagnosed with West Nile virus so far this year, the first in Hamden County. The state monitors for West Nile and EEE in mosquitoes every year. What's different about this year is that the risk for both EEE and West Nile are present.
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