From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:
"The state Department of Public Health is reporting the year’s second human case of Eastern equine encephalitis.
State health officials said a woman in her 60s was exposed to the EEE virus in Hampden County.
As a result, the EEE risk level in Wilbraham has been raised to “critical,” while the risk levels in Hampden and Monson have been raised to “high.” All three communities are in Hampden County.
In addition, the risk level in the Hampden County communities of Chicopee, East Longmeadow, Ludlow, Palmer and Springfield has been raised to “moderate.”
Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required) https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20200815/state-reports-second-human-case-of-eee?rssfeed=true
Listen to my conversation with Franklin Health Director Cathleen Liberty on mosquito and tick borne diseases https://www.franklinmatters.org/2020/05/fm-271-franklin-health-director.html
For more about EEE in MA, check out the MA.gov page https://www.mass.gov/guides/eee-in-massachusetts and the risk map copied below https://www.mass.gov/info-details/massachusetts-arbovirus-update#eee-risk-map-
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