Tonight Suffolk County will be spraying for mosquitoes in much of Town, including Lindenhurst, West Babylon, Amityville and Copiague.
The application of the pesticide - an ultra-low volume aerosol called resmethrin (Scourge), according to Suffolk County Department of Health Services - will be applied via aircraft on Thursday starting at 7:30 p.m.
It's expected to last until 11:30 p.m.
The spraying will happen on all streets in an area bounded on the South by Montauk Highway, on the West by Broadway and Route 110, on the North by the Southern State Parkway and on the East by Little East Neck Road, officials noted.
This comes after the County a aerial pesticide application on , July 30. This application for this inland area after mosquito samples tested positive for West Nile virus in and earlier in July.
These samples are now part of 77 mosquito samples and eight birds that have tested positive for the virus to date, according to the SCDHS.
No equine cases have been reported; however, New York state is currently investigating one human case that's being considered as probable for West Nile virus.
The individual, said the SCDHS, was hospitalized for several days and has fully recovered. Confirmation of West Nile virus will be dependent on the results of further testing, health officials said.
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