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Village of Skokie Health Department – The risk for West Nile Virus (WNV) infection persists in Skokie
Village of Skokie Health Department –
The risk for West Nile Virus (WNV) infection persists in Skokie
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The Skokie Health Department is alerting residents that the risk of human infection with WNV persists throughout the Village. Recently a dead bird found in Skokie tested positive for WNV.
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Residents are urged to take precautions to prevent mosquito bites:
• Stay indoors at dawn, dusk or early evening.
• Wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants whenever you are outdoors.
• Spray clothes with repellants containing DEET and apply very sparingly on exposed skin.
Eliminate mosquito breeding areas in the following manner:
• Remove standing water where mosquitoes can breed.
• Change the water in birdbaths and plant pots at least once a week.
• Empty plastic pools at the end of each day.
• Keep grass and shrubbery cut short.
• Keep gutters clean and free-flowing.
• Don’t let water stand on flat roofs.
• Clean and maintain any catch basins that may be on the property.
If you find a dead bird it is important to contact the Skokie Health Department to collect the bird for testing, to determine the extent of WNV activity. To report a dead bird, please call 847/933-8484.
For more information on WNV or to report potential mosquito breeding sites, please contact the Skokie Health Department at 847/933-8484 or the North Shore Mosquito Abatement District (NSMAD) at 847/446-9434. NSMAD will treat catch basins for mosquito larvae.