WEB EXCLUSIVE City of San Benito spraying for mosquitoes

Mosquito

By JACOB LOPEZ
Staff Writer
reporter@sbnewspaper.com

The City of San Benito has begun spraying for mosquitoes. Spraying began at 5 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, and will continue on until Friday morning.

Such action comes after confirmed cases of West Nile in the Rio Grande Valley. An 83-year-old Donna man succumbed to the virus last week.

Another man, 92 years old, is reportedly in the hospital with a case of West Nile.

People over 50, and those with weakened immune systems are especially susceptible to the virus.

According to City of San Benito Code Enforcement Director John Rodriguez, mosquitoes in Brownsville may have tested positive for West Nile, but there have been no human cases reported in Cameron County.

The spraying in San Benito, according to Rodriguez, is just the City being “proactive.”

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