Experts recommend draining all standing water after it rains, wearing long sleeve clothing and limiting time outdoors.
DALLAS — The pesky little buggers are all the buzz and even more the bite. Dallas County Health DepartmentThis season, mosquitoes have already been active. Grisales said the Health Department’s mosquito team has been spraying mosquitoes throughout the county.
“Most people think that mosquito activity is high when it rains. It actually…it happens when it’s super dry, very dry,” said Grisales.“That’s when they breed the most and that’s when they’re multiplying and affecting many people out in the community,” said Grisales. Spraying and testing for mosquitoes was a daily routine last year as more than 200 mosquito traps tested positive for“We had over 20 cases, West Nile human cases and two deaths, so that means it affected a lot of people,” said Grisales.had an area that tested positive for West Nile. Two other areas in Mesquite and Irving just tested positive this week.
"We need to think about children, of course, because when we go out to a park, kids might not be aware of mosquito activity as adults are," Grisales said."That’s why we need to do everything we can including wearing long-sleeved clothing, putting on some repellent, limiting outdoor activity and draining all standing water, specifically when it rains."
The health department offers free repellent during the mosquito season which lasts until about November. Updates on the ZIP codes that test positive for West Nile Virus are provided on the county’s website. Click
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