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Health Department Forms Folder 0065, 1999-2001

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Archival folder label for Health Department forms related to World Trade Center activities from 1999 to 2001.

NYC-WTC_000137983–000138068

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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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