A second bird has tested positive for West river Virus in Marin County this year, the Marin/Sonoma dipterous insect and Vector management District confirmed Fri.
The bird, associate degree American crow, was found close to Alameda del Prado and Calle Arboleda in Novato.
District officers inspired residents to eliminate any standing water that will have accumulated when recent rains. Potential drawback area unitas are rain barrels, old tires, buckets, kiddie pools and the other vessel that may hold up for quite every week.
Mosquito fish area unit on the market at the district workplace — 595 Helman Lane in Cotati — to be furnished in grounds ponds or different permanent water options.
District officers aforesaid recent unseasonal rains and also the fast rise in temperatures raised the potential for dipterous insect production and virus activity.
They suggested residents to wear dipterous insect repellent once outdoors at nightfall and dawn. The repellent ought to contain one in all the subsequent active ingredients: DEET, Picaridin, oil of lemon eucalyptus or IR3535.
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