Commissioner James Tomarken announced today that 29 mosquito samples have tested positive for West Nile virus. The mosquito samples, all Culex pipiens-restuans, were collected on August 6^th and August 7^th, 2013, from areas in Huntington (1), Greenlawn (1), East Northport (2), Northport (2), Copiague (1), Lindenhurst (1), West Babylon (3), Nesconset (3), Bay Shore (1), East Islip (1), Port Jefferson Station (1), Selden (2), Farmingville (1), and Yaphank (1).

Weather permitting, the Suffolk County Department of Public Works will treat sections of the following communities as part of its ongoing annual effort to control the mosquito population.

Weather permitting, the Suffolk County Department of Public Works will treat sections of the following communities as part of its ongoing annual effort to control the mosquito population.

Dr. James Tomarken, Commissioner of Health Services, announced today that Dorothy P. Flint 4-H Camp Beach in Riverhead is closed to bathing due to the finding of bacterial levels in excess of acceptable criteria.

 

Weather permitting, the Suffolk County Department of Public Works will treat sections of the following communities as part of its ongoing annual effort to control the mosquito population.