NEW YORK CITY — The city's health agency will spray for mosquito eggs in non-residential areas next week after cases of domestic mosquito-borne Zika virus were found in Miami, and a baby with Zika-related birth defects was born in New York City.
The New York City Department of Health expects to drop larvicide pellets from a low-flying helicopter on Monday, Aug. 8 to Wednesday, Aug. 10 between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. in the outer boroughs to kill mosquitoes that might carry Zika or West Nile Virus.
The Bronx:
• Pelham Bay Park
Brooklyn:
• Fresh Creek Basin
• Marine Park
Queens:
• Alley Pond Park
• Brookville Park
• College Point
• Edgemere
• Kissena Park
• Linden Hill
• Somerville
Staten Island:
• Arlington
• Bloomfield
• Chelsea
• Fresh Kills
• Travis
The health agency also sprayed a pesticide to kill adult mosquitos in The Bronx, Queens and Staten Island on Thursday.
The city expanded its campaign against mosquitoes in April with a three-year, $21 million Zika action plan. And the state government announced on Tuesday that it will drop larvicide in the subways.
