ONLINE. NEWSCENTER 5’S SERA CONGI REPORTS FROM ROCHESTER SERA:SERA: ROCHESTER IS ONE OF THE NINE COMMUNITIES CONSIDERED AT CRITICAL LEVELS FOR TRIPLE E. WE ARE NOW LEARNING THAT FIRST HUMAN CASES FROM THIS TOWN. COMMUNITIES IN PLYMOUTH AND BRISTOL COUNTIES ARE ON HIGH ALERT FOR THE MOSQUITO BORNE ILLNESS, TRIPLE E, AFTER A HUMAN CASE WAS CONFIRMED OVER THE WEEKEND. THE FIRST SINCE 2013 FOR THE STAT HEALTH OFFICIALS IN TOWNS LIKE ROCHESTER AND MARION ARE SPREADING A MESSAGE TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. >> THE MESSAGE THAT PUBLIC HEALTH NEEDS TO GET OUT, EVEN THOUGH GROUND SPRAYING, PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE PERSONA PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT INSECT BITE SERA: A ROCHESTER RESIDENT POSTED TO FACEBOOK THAT HER FATHER IS IN A COMA DUE TO TRIPLE E. SHE ALSO SAYS IT’S UNCLEAR WHERE OR WHEN THE MOSQUITO BITE TOOK PLACE. THOUGH ALARMING, HEALTH OFFICIALS URGE EVERYONE TO AVOID PEAK TIMES FROM DUSK TO DA WHEN MOSQUITOES ARE MOST PREVALENT AND TO PROTECT YOURSELF. >> YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY SUMMER BUT ALSO BE CAREFUL AND BE SURE YOU’RE USING YOUR INSE REPELLENT. SERA: SOME TOWNS IN THE ARE ARE RESCHEDULING EVENTS OR MOVING THEM INDOORS TO LIMIT RISK THE RISK WILL NOT ENTIRELY BE GONE UNTIL THE FIRST FRO
Massachusetts man infected with EEE now in coma, family says
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Updated: 5:00 PM EDT Aug 13, 2019
A man in Massachusetts infected with the state’s first case of Eastern equine encephalitis since 2013 is in a coma, according to family members.The victim was not identified, however state health officials said that he is from Plymouth County. The Rochester Council on Aging confirmed on Facebook that the case is in their town. Rochester is one of nine communities now at a critical risk level for the mosquito-borne illness, the Standard Times reported.A woman who lives in Rochester posted on Facebook that her father has been diagnosed with the virus. She said he is now in a coma. She called the news “shocking and heartbreaking."The woman said they do not know where or when the mosquito bite happened. Town leaders are urging everyone to take precautions and use insect repellant and avoid being outside during peak mosquito times. Ground spraying that has been going on since July was escalated to an aerial spraying campaign last week over critical risk towns.
ROCHESTER, Mass. — A man in Massachusetts infected with the state’s first case of Eastern equine encephalitis since 2013 is in a coma, according to family members.
The victim was not identified, however state health officials said that he is from Plymouth County.
The Rochester Council on Aging confirmed on Facebook that the case is in their town. Rochester is one of nine communities now at a critical risk level for the mosquito-borne illness, the Standard Times reported.
A woman who lives in Rochester posted on Facebook that her father has been diagnosed with the virus. She said he is now in a coma. She called the news “shocking and heartbreaking."
The woman said they do not know where or when the mosquito bite happened.
Town leaders are urging everyone to take precautions and use insect repellant and avoid being outside during peak mosquito times.
Ground spraying that has been going on since July was escalated to an aerial spraying campaign last week over critical risk towns.
