NEWS RELEASE

 

ANDREW J. SPANO, Westchester County Executive

JOSHUA LIPSMAN, M.D., M.P.H., Commissioner of Health

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, Department of Health


For immediate release: 

July 27, 2000


FOR MORE INFORMATION

Contact Mary Landrigan

(914 637-4715
 

  THREE NEW WEST NILE POSITIVE BIRDS

 

The Westchester County Department of Health today received notification from New York State Health Department that three additional birds have tested positive for the West Nile virus: a crow in Bedford; a blue jay in Hastings-on-Hudson, and a red tailed-hawk in Briarcliff Manor.

 

The Health Department will be evaluating this information and developing  plans for mosquito spraying. Updated information will be available tomorrow, Friday, July 28, 2000.

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