NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
125 WORTH STREET, ROOM 329
NEW YORK, N.Y. 10013
(212) 788-5290 FAX: (212) 788-4749 nyc.gov/heallh
NEAL L. COHEN, M.D. SANDRA MULLIN
Commissioner Associate Commissioner
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Sandra Mullin/John Gadd
Friday, August 25,2000 (212)788-5290
ONE BROOKLYN RESIDENT AND ONE STATEN ISLAND RESIDENT
TEST POSITIVE FOR WEST NILE VIRUS; OLDER NEW YORKERS ARE URGED
TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST MOSQUITOES
New West Nile Positive Mosquito Pools in Staten Island and Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx;
Additional Spraying Is Scheduled
*Ground-Based Spraying in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx and Greenwood Cemetery in
Brooklyn to Take Place Friday, August 25, From 10:00p.m. to 3:00 a.m.
*Ground-Based Spraying in Project Park, Brooklyn and Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx
Scheduled Friday, August 25, From 11:30p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
*Ground-Based Spraying in Two-Mile Radius of Borough Park, Brooklyn, Scheduled
Saturday, August 26, From 10:00p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
*Ground-Based Spraying in Two-Mile Radius of Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, Scheduled
Sunday, August 26, From 10:00p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
*Ground Spraying (in residential areas) and Aerial Spraying (in non-residential areas)
Scheduled Throughout Staten Island Sunday, August 27 and Wednesday, August 30
5:00 p.m to 8:30pm (aerially in non-residential areas) 10 p.m to 5:00 a.m. (residential areas)
New York City Health Commissioner Neal L. Cohen, M.D., announced today that an 87 year-old
woman from Borough Park, Brooklyn, and an 84 year-old woman from Shore Acres, Staten
Island, have tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV). The Brooklyn woman is in critical
condition; the Staten Island woman is in stable condition. The laboratory results were obtained
by tests performed at the New York City Department of Health's laboratories, and specimens
have been sent to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for further
confirmation. There are now a total of five New York City residents, all of whom are age
63 years or older, who have tested positive for West Nile virus in 2000.
Dr. Cohen also announced that the New York State Department of Health reported to the City
Health Department that an additional 13 pools of mosquitoes and 2 dead birds collected from
New York City have tested positive for the virus. 12 of the 13 pools of mosquitoes were
collected from Staten Island, with 2 of the pools collected from Staten Island on August 20,
subsequent to the last spraying effort on Staten Island. This information, along with the evidence
that Staten Island continues to be the area with most evidence of viral activity, prompts a new
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