Aerial mosquito spraying scheduled in seven Michigan counties – MLive.com

At the least seven Michigan counties will be aerially sprayed Monday night to break off mosquitos carrying Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), a potentially lethal illness.

Weather-permitting, six varied counties south and east of Lansing will be sprayed as effectively, in step with an announcement from the Michigan Department of Well being and Human Products and companies (MDHHS).

The scheduled sprays will lift field in Allegan, Barry, Kent, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo and Oceana Counties. Areas in Calhoun, Jackson, Livingston and Oakland counties would maybe well even be sprayed.

The announcement came after the total preference of animal cases of EEE in Michigan hit 32. Thirty were identified in horses, and two in deer. EEE is a potentially lethal illness, instruct in animals and human, and carried by mosquitos.

One human case has been identified in Barry County.

An EEE vaccine is obtainable for horses, however not for folks. Final year, 10 folks in Michigan were contaminated and six died from the virus, which has a 33 percent fatality price in those that turn out to be ill, in step with MDHHS. Of us beneath the age of 15, and older than 50, are at ultimate risk of severe illness after infection.

Symptoms of EEE embody fever, chills, and body and joint aches. It’ll progress to severe encephalitis, resulting in headache, disorientation, tremors, seizures and paralysis.

Final year, the disclose health department proposed aerial spraying however were met by civilian resistance. Monday’s round of aerial spraying comes every week after 10 Michigan counties were sprayed.

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