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Meanwhile on Staten Island, the health department is taking steps to combat West Nile. Trucks will spray pesticide in parts of the borough from 8:30 p.m. Monday until 6 a.m. Tuesday.
The first case of West Nile has been declared, not in Rockaway, but on Staten Island.While there are no human cases in any of the five boroughs (yet!), the Department of Health says the ...
The West Nile Virus, which can be carried by mosquitoes, has been reported on Staten Island for the first time in 2013, the city Health Department reports.
Mosquitoes Carrying West Nile Virus Found In Areas Of Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens. July 24, 2019 / 11:47 PM EDT / CBS New York ... Staten Island, and Queens.