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News from State Senator
Gary Simpson
Serving the 18th Senatorial District
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Zika virus info in DNREC YouTube Channel video
DNREC Mosquito Control Section, Division of Public Health
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DOVER - DNREC's Mosquito Control Section and the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) share tips on mosquito-borne illness prevention and precautions in the new video, Zika Virus, Mosquitoes & You, on DNREC's YouTube Channel.
In the video, Dr. Rattay urges bite prevention as the best medicine. "First and foremost, use an EPA-certified insect repellent. Stay inside where it's air-conditioned, or use screens in windows or doors. Wear long sleeves. Wear long pants," she says. Dr. Rattay also goes into detail about protecting children from mosquito bites, how best to apply repellent to children and using mosquito netting, not repellent, on babies less than two months old.
Delawareans also are encouraged to be proactive in their own backyards to eliminate or reduce mosquito breeding habitat by eliminating standing water. "Anything in the backyard that holds water can breed the primary species of concern that could carry Zika, the Asian tiger mosquito ... These mosquitoes can breed in extremely small habitats - we're talking a bottle cap," Moran says in the video. "If you can eliminate the containers to begin with, that's the best option. If not, they need to be emptied regularly and kept from accumulating water."
To request relief from intolerable numbers of biting mosquitoes and/or an inspection or treatment of potential mosquito-breeding areas, call Mosquito Control's field offices:
- Glasgow Office, 302-836-2555, serving New Castle County and the northern half of Kent County, including Dover
- Milford Office, 302-422-1512, serving the southern half of Kent County south of Dover and all of Sussex County
For more information about Delaware's Mosquito Control program, including more information about how to prevent or get rid of standing water that produces mosquitoes, call the field offices or the main Dover office at 302-739-9917, or visit http://de.gov/mosquito.
For more information about Zika and other mosquito-borne illnesses in humans, please contact the Delaware Division of Public Health at 302-744-1033 or 888-295-5156, or visit http://dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/zika.html.
Facts and information on Zika and mosquito control also are available at the following links:
· English: http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/files/zikafaq.pdf
· Spanish: http://dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/files/zikafaqsp.pdf
Haitian Creole: http://dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/files/zikafaqhc.pdf
As of this date, DPH has confirmed three travel-related Zika cases in Delaware. All were the result of mosquito bites that occurred abroad, and none involved a pregnant woman. There are no confirmed cases of local transmission due to a mosquito bite in the continental U.S. at this time.
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