NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
U C I i 9 2000
DEPUTY MAYOR OPERATION
October 18, 2000
TO: Honorable Rudolph W. Giuliani
MAYOR
FROM: Neal L. Cohen, M.D.
Commissioner
SUBJECT: Bi-weekly Report -- (September 24 — October 7)
CRITICAL EVENTS & EMERGING ISSUES
West Nile Virus Activities ,
On October 4 the Department announced that a 37 year-old Staten Island
man has tested positive .for West Nile virus. The individual, who lives in Bulls
Head, Staten Island, was admitted to the hospital on September 27 with
encephalitis, after having experienced symptoms including headache, muscle
weakness, and joint pain for several weeks. He was released from the hospital
on October 1, and is at home recovering.
As of October 7, a total of 13 people have been diagnosed with West Nile
virus in New York City in 2000, ten of whom are residents of Staten Island. Two
others are residents of Brooklyn and one is a Queens resident. Twelve of those
diagnosed with West Nile virus are recovering at home while two Brooklyn
residents remain in the hospital, including an 87 year-old Borough Park woman
who remains in a coma.
Between March 9 and October 10, the Department's 24-hour automated
West Nile Virus information line received 110,969 telephone inquiries. Of that
total, 17,431 have chosen to speak to an operator. The operator option became
available on July 17.
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