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CONCERNS CONTINUE OVER EASTERN
EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS, KNOWN AS
TRIPLE-E -- IN SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND.
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THE VIRUS RECENTLY CLAIMED THE
LIVES OF A FAIRHAVEN WOMAN AND A
PERSON IN WEST WARWICK.
SEVERAL FRIDAY NIGHT HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL GAMES HAVE BEEN MOVED
BEFORE DUSK--
AND ARE SET TO START BEGINNING
AT FOUR P-M TOMMORROW.
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SCHOOLS IN WARWICK--
JOHNSTON--
WESTERLY--
BARRINGTON--
AND NORTH PROVIDENCE --- ARE
JUST SOME PLAYING BEFORE DUSK
FRIDAY--TO CUT DOWN ON THE
MOSQUITO RISK.
AND IT'S NOT JUST THE STATE OF
RHODE ISLAND THAT IS TAKING
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST TRIPLE E.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER KAIT
WALSH IS LIVE IN LAKEVILLE--
WITH WHAT MASSACHUSETTS
OFFICIALS ARE DOING AS WELL.
KAIT?
WE'RE LIVE OUTSIDE THE LAKEVILLE
PUBLIC LIBRARY - WHERE GOVERNOR
CHARLIE BAKER HELD A PRIVATE
MEETING WITH STATE SCIENTISTS
AND PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS TO
GET AN UPDATE ON WHAT THE STATE
IS DOING TO COMBAT TRIPLE-E.
AFTER THAT MEETING - THEY THEN
BRIEFED THE MEDIA - SO WE COULD
GET THEIR MESSAGE OUT TO YOU -
THE PUBLIC.
THE KEY POINT THEY WANTED TO
REITERATE IS THAT THE THREAT FOR
MOSQUITO-BORNE ILLNESSES IS
STILL JUST AS HIGH AS IT WAS IN
THE SUMMER MONTHS - AND THAT
PEOPLE NEED TO FOLLOW THE ADVICE
TO WEAR LONG SLEEVES, LONG
PANTS, USE BUG SPRAY, AND STAY
INDOORS BETWEEN DUSK AND DAWN.
WITH THE RAIN WE HAD THIS
MORNING - IT'S IMPORTANT TO
CHECK BUCKETS OR SURFACES IN
YOUR YARD FOR ANY STANDING WATER
THAT COULD BE A BREEDING GROUND
FOR MOSQUITOES.
GOVERNOR BAKER SAID THE AERIAL
SPRAYING IN AUGUST HASN'T BEEN A
REACTIVE MEASURE TO REPORTS OF
HUMAN AND ANIMAL CASES OF
TRIPLE- E.
HE SAID THEY'VE BEEN PROACTIVE
BY TRAPPING HUNDREDS OF
MOSQUITOES SINCE THIS PAST
SPRING - AND SEEING WHICH
COMMUNITIES HAVE HAD EVIDENCE OF
THE DISEASE.
WE LEARNED THAT THE THREAT OF
TRIPLE-E COMES IN CYCLES - AND
THIS YEAR - IT'S BEING SEEN IN
MORE PARTS OF MASSACHUSETTS THAN
JUST PLYMOUTH AND BRISTOL
COUNTIES.
"This starts with mosquitoes
that don't bite people biting
birds. Then those birds get
bitten by mosquitoes that bite
people and transmit the disease
to those mosqutioes which then
in turn bite us."BUTTED TO @ "As
we start planning for this
activity in the spring, we're
going to eed to start planning
for a much broader geographic
radius than the one we've been
planning historically."
LAKEVILLE IS ONE OF 35
COMMUNITIES DEEMED TO BE A
CRITICAL RISK OF TRIPLE-E - THE
HIGHEST RISK.
HEALTH OFFICIALS TOLD ME
TRIPLE-E WAS ACTUALLY FIRST
DETECTED BACK IN THE 1930S HERE
IN MASSACHUSETTS - AND THIS
REGION IS HIT HARDEST DUE TO ITS
SWAMPS AND GEOGRAPHY ATTRACTIVE
TO MOSQUITOES.
YOU'LL HEAR FROM THOSE HEALTH
OFFICIALS NEW AT 6 TONIGHT.
LIVE IN LAKEVILLE, I'M KAIT
GET ACCESS TO YOUR INFORMATION.
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FIRST AT 5:30 ---
AS THE THREAT OF EEE AND WEST
NILE VIRUS REMAINS ---
THE D-E-M HAS A MESSAGE FOR DEER
HUNTERS.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER STEVE
NIELSEN JOINS US IN STUDIO WITH
THE DETAILS.
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THE TYPICAL ADVICE FROM
OFFICIALS ... STAY INDOORS IF
YOU CAN.
BUT THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE FOR ONE
GROUP OF RHODE ISLANDERS
STARTING SATURDAY.
CONCERNS ARE GROWING ACROSS
RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTH EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS DURING THIS ACTIVE
MOSQUITO SEASON...
NOW SATURDAY... THOUSANDS OF
RHODE ISLANDERS WILL BE SPENDING
TIME OUTSIDE... MANY DURING DAWN
AND DUSK WHEN THE MOSQUITOS TEND
TO BE OUT MORE.
THAT'S BECAUSE THE RHODE ISLAND
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGMENT SAYS DEER HUNTING
SEASON BEGINS.
THE D-E-M PUTTING OUT A NOTICE
TO ALL LICENESED DEER HUNTERS
IN THE STATE TO MAKE SURE
THEY'RE WEARING BUG SPRAY AND
AND LONG SLEEVES WHEN THEY HUNT
TO LIMIT EXPOSURE.
ALSO...
TWO DEER HAVE TESTED POSTIVE FOR
TRIPLE -E IN RHODE ISLAND THIS
MONTH.
BECAUSE OF THAT THE D-E-M WANTS
HUNTERS TO BE CAUTIOUS WHEN
FIELD DRESSING GAME... AND NOT
TO CONSUME ANY ANIMAL THAT
APPEARS UNHEALTHY.
THIS ALL COMES JUST DAYS AFTER
SEVERAL RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITIES
RECIEVED AERIAL SPRAYING TO KILL
MUCH OF THE MOSQUITO POPULATION.
"THE MORE THAT WE CAN KILL
ADULT MOSQUITOES THAT ARE FLYING
AROUND, THE BETTER WE CAN
PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH."
BUT OFFICIALS SAY THERE ARE
STILL MOSQUITOES OUT THERE UNTIL
THE FIRST FROST -- TYPICALLY
WEEKS AWAY.
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WE'LL HAVE MUCH MROE ON ARIAL
SPRAYING AND WHERE THIS TRIPLE -
E SITUATION STANDS TONIGHT FOR
OUR SPECIAL BROADCAST ON TRIPLE
CONCERNS AT 6:30 ON FOX
EYEWITNESS NEWS.
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THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS NOW ---
ON THE RISK OF MOSQUITO-BORNE
DISEASES HERE IN SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND.
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EVEN THOUGH ITS MID SEPTEMBER
--- MOSQUITOES AREN'T GOING
ANYWHERE--- ANYTIME SOON.
AND THAT'S PROMPTING CHANGES TO
OUTDOOR ACTIVIES ---
SEVERAL OF TOMORROW'S HIGH
SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES----
*WON'T* BE PLAYED UNDER FRIDAY
NIGHT LIGHTS --- INSTEAD
-----THEY'VE BEEN MOVED TO LATE
AFTERNOON.
OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE
CANCELING *ALL* OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES --- KING PHILIP
REGIONAL IS THE LATEST,
ANNOUNCING IT ---JUST IN THE
LAST HOUR.
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MEANWHILE GOVERNOR CHARLIE BAKER
WAS IN SOUTHEASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS THIS AFTERNOON TO
DISCUSS THE MOSQUITO THREAT ---
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER KAIT
WALSH IS LIVE IN LAKEVILLE WITH
THAT.
WE'RE LIVE OUTSIDE THE LAKEVILLE
PUBLIC LIBRARY - WHERE GOVERNOR
CHARLIE BAKER HELD A PRIVATE
MEETING WITH STATE SCIENTISTS
AND PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS TO
GET AN UPDATE ON WHAT THE STATE
IS DOING TO COMBAT TRIPLE-E.
AFTER THAT MEETING - THEY THEN
BRIEFED THE MEDIA - SO WE COULD
GET THEIR MESSAGE OUT TO YOU -
THE PUBLIC.
THE KEY POINT THEY WANTED TO
REITERATE IS THAT THE THREAT FOR
MOSQUITO-BORNE ILLNESSES IS
STILL JUST AS HIGH AS IT WAS IN
THE SUMMER MONTHS - AND THAT
PEOPLE NEED TO FOLLOW THE ADVICE
TO WEAR LONG SLEEVES, LONG
PANTS, USE BUG SPRAY, AND STAY
INDOORS BETWEEN DUSK AND DAWN.
WITH THE RAIN WE HAD THIS
MORNING - IT'S IMPORTANT TO
CHECK BUCKETS OR SURFACES IN
YOUR YARD FOR ANY STANDING WATER
THAT COULD BE A BREEDING GROUND
FOR MOSQUITOES.
GOVERNOR BAKER SAID THE AERIAL
SPRAYING IN AUGUST HASN'T BEEN A
REACTIVE MEASURE TO REPORTS OF
HUMAN AND ANIMAL CASES OF
TRIPLE- E.
HE SAID THEY'VE BEEN PROACTIVE
BY TRAPPING HUNDREDS OF
MOSQUITOES SINCE THIS PAST
SPRING - AND SEEING WHICH
COMMUNITIES HAVE HAD EVIDENCE OF
THE DISEASE.
WE LEARNED THAT THE THREAT OF
TRIPLE-E COMES IN CYCLES - AND
THIS YEAR - IT'S BEING SEEN IN
MORE PARTS OF MASSACHUSETTS THAN
JUST PLYMOUTH AND BRISTOL
COUNTIES.
"This starts with mosquitoes
that don't bite people biting
birds. Then those birds get
bitten by mosquitoes that bite
people and transmit the disease
to those mosqutioes which then
in turn bite us."BUTTED TO @ "As
we start planning for this
activity in the spring, we're
going to eed to start planning
for a much broader geographic
radius than the one we've been
broader geographic radius to
start planning for a much the
spring, we're going to eed start
planning for this activity in
us."BUTTED TO @ "As we which
then in turn bite disease to
those mosqutioes people and
transmit the bitten by
mosquitoes that bite birds. Then
those birds get that don't bite
people biting "This starts with
mosquitoes BRISTOL COUNTIES.
JUST PLYMOUTH AND MASSACHUSETTS
THAN SEEN IN MORE PARTS OF THIS
YEAR - IT'S BEING SEEN IN MORE
PARTS OF MASSACHUSETTS THAN SEEN
IN MORE PARTS OF THIS YEAR -
IT'S BEING COMES IN CYCLES - AND
THREAT OF TRIPLE-E WE LEARNED
THAT THE THE DISEASE.
HAVE HAD EVIDENCE OF WHICH
COMMUNITIES PAST SPRING - AND
SEEING MOSQUITOES SINCE THIS
PAST SPRING - AND SEEING WHICH
COMMUNITIES HAVE HAD EVIDENCE OF
THE DISEASE.
WE LEARNED THAT THE THREAT OF
TRIPLE-E COMES IN CYCLES - AND
THIS YEAR - IT'S BEING SEEN IN
MORE PARTS OF MASSACHUSETTS THAN
JUST PLYMOUTH AND BRISTOL
COUNTIES.
"This starts with mosquitoes
that don't bite people biting
birds. Then those birds get
bitten by mosquitoes that bite
people and transmit the disease
to those mosqutioes which then
in turn bite us."BUTTED TO @ "As
we start planning for this
activity in the spring, we're
going to eed to start planning
for a much broader geographic
radius than the one we've been
planning historically."
LAKEVILLE IS ONE OF 35
COMMUNITIES DEEMED TO BE A
CRITICAL RISK OF TRIPLE-E - THE
HIGHEST RISK.
HEALTH OFFICIALS TOLD ME
TRIPLE-E WAS ACTUALLY FIRST
DETECTED BACK IN THE 1930S HERE
IN MASSACHUSETTS - AND THIS
REGION IS HIT HARDEST DUE TO ITS
SWAMPS AND GEOGRAPHY ATTRACTIVE
TO MOSQUITOES.
YOU'LL HEAR FROM THOSE HEALTH
OFFICIALS NEW AT 6 TONIGHT.
LIVE IN LAKEVILLE, I'M KAIT