Dear fellow Hanoverians:
*The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) announced today
that EEE virus has been detected in mosquitoes collected from Hanover,
Massachusetts. Hanover has had one EEE virus positive mosquito sample
taken on September 6, 2012 and identified on September 11, 2012. *
*While the Hanover Board of Health continues to work closely with the
MDPH, the Board of Health on September 11, 2012 has closed all
recreational fields and school property for outdoor activities from
six (6) p.m. to seven (7) a.m. This will remain in effect until such
time that Hanover experiences a “killing frost” (temperatures at
or below 32 degrees).*
EEE is a rare but serious illness spread by the bite of an infected
mosquito. While EEE can infect people of all ages, people under 15
years of age or over 50 years of age are at greatest risk for serious
illness.
Please see the attached notice for further details or contact the
Board of Health at health@hanover-ma.gov
.
For “Around Town on the Web”,
Cathy H-B
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