The City of Denton is reportedly waiting until someone contracts West Nile virus to treat its jurisdiction for mosquitos.
North Texas has logged its share of West Nile virus cases, with Collin County clocking its first West Nile-related death last week, as previously reported by The Dallas Express.
A Dallas resident was also announced dead earlier in the month after contracting the virus.
Here is some of what the Denton Record-Chronicle reported about the mosquito situation in the city:
Last week, an older resident from the Idiot’s Hill neighborhood contacted the Denton Record-Chronicle to find out why the city of Denton wasn’t fogging for mosquitoes after several traps around the city returned positive tests for West Nile virus.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that people over 60 are at greater risk for severe illness if they are infected with West Nile virus, as are people with certain medical conditions including cancer, diabetes, hypertension, kidney disease and those who have received an organ transplant.
“I talked with some friends, and we’re older but when we grew up, the city sprayed for things like that every summer and they would go up and down the streets and do it,” the resident said.
Currently at Risk Level 3, the city has identified 12 locations with traps that have tested positive for mosquitoes with West Nile virus since late June. At Risk Level 3, human outbreak of the virus is considered low to moderate.
