{"id":63547,"date":"2025-07-14T00:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T00:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/63547\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T00:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T00:34:08","slug":"mosquito-traps-test-positive-for-west-nile-virus-in-fulton-county-wsb-tv-channel-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/63547\/","title":{"rendered":"Mosquito traps test positive for West Nile virus in Fulton County \u2013 WSB-TV Channel 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">FULTON COUNTY, Ga.  \u2014 Mosquito samples collected in Fulton County tested positive for West Nile virus, according to the Fulton County Board of Health. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><b>[DOWNLOAD: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/smart-tv\/\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a><b>]<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The FCBOH reported that the mosquito samples were collected from trap sites in Hapeville and northwest Atlanta and tested positive for the virus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cMosquitoes can be dangerous if infected and may pose a serious health risk to people in our area. We want to make sure communities are aware and take necessary precautions to protect themselves,\u201d says Dr. Brandon Leftwich, Environmental Health Director at the Fulton County Board of Health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><b>TRENDING STORIES:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Health officials urge residents to take preventive measures, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Avoid dusk and dawn activities during the summer when mosquitoes are most active.<\/li>\n<li>Wear loose-fitting, long-sleeved shirts and pants to reduce the amount of exposed skin.<\/li>\n<li>Cover exposed skin with an insect repellent containing DEET, which is the most effective repellent against mosquito bites.<\/li>\n<li>Empty any containers holding standing water &#8211; buckets, barrels, flowerpots, tarps &#8211; because they are breeding grounds for virus-carrying mosquitoes.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure doors and windows are in good repair and fit tightly, and fix torn or damaged screens to keep mosquitoes out of the house.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Residents should also trim or remove overgrown grass or weeds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">For more information, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fultoncountyboh.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"http:\/\/www.fultoncountyboh.com\"><b>click here<\/b><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><b>[SIGN UP: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.wsbtv.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a><b>]<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FULTON COUNTY, Ga. \u2014 Mosquito samples collected in Fulton County tested positive for West Nile virus, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":63548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[45424,45425,45421,45423,45422,210,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-63547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-brandon-leftwich","9":"tag-environmental-health-director-at-the-fulton-county-board-of-health","10":"tag-fulton-county","11":"tag-fulton-county-board-of-health","12":"tag-fulton-county-ga","13":"tag-health","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114848783573750352","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}