24 July, 2024
On July 23, 2024, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported that mosquitoes carrying the West Nile Virus had been identified in mosquito pools within Natick, Clinton, Marlborough and Worcester. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health and Hopkinton Health Department encourage residents to utilize EPA approved mosquito repellents and avoid being outdoors during peak mosquito activity at dusk and dawn. Additionally, the Central Mass Mosquito Control Project reports that the population of human biting mosquitoes has increased 1,766% since the same week last year.
Additional information can be found here:
https://www.mass.gov/info-details/massachusetts-arbovirus-update
and
https://www.cmmcp.org/mosquito-surveillance-data/pages/2024-surveillanc…
Please take precaution.
Hopkinton Health Department
