The City of Worcester announced Thursday that West Nile virus had been detected in mosquitoes that were trapped at Willow Street.
On July 29 after 9 p.m., the Central Massachusetts Mosquito Control Project will use trucks to spray pesticides where the mosquitoes were found, according to an email from Thomas Matthews, a spokesperson for City Manager Eric Batista. Roads near Willow Street will also be subjected to spraying, Matthews wrote.
The streets that will be sprayed are as follows:
- Beaver Brook Parkway
- Circuit Avenue East
- Circuit Avenue North
- Clive Street
- Columbus Street
- Dewar Drive
- Enfield Street
- Englewood Avenue
- Fairfield Street
- Ferdinand Street
- Fern Street
- Friedel Street
- Genoa Street
- Hiscox Street
- Hobson Avenue
- Isabella Street
- Lisbon Street
- Lovell Drive
- Lovell Street
- Lovell Terrace
- May Street
- Maybrook Place
- Maywood Street
- Minthorne Street
- Northridge Street
- Roy Street
- Stevens Road
- Thayer Street
- Wharton Street
- Willow Street
There are currently no human cases of West Nile virus reported and the city’s risk level remains low, according to Matthews…