RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA — The Board of Supervisors Tuesday authorized the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health to join 11 other agencies throughout Southern California in a mutual aid agreement aimed at improving vector control operations targeting mosquito-borne threats and related public health risks.
In a 5-0 vote without comment, the board signed off on agency Director Jeff Johnson’s proposal to add environmental health to the mutual assistance compact for the upcoming fiscal year.
“Mosquitoes and other vectors do not recognize jurisdictional boundaries, and they can transmit diseases or cause discomfort to humans across regions,” according to an agency statement posted to the board’s agenda Tuesday. “The Southern California vector control districts recognize the risks of vector-borne disease transmission and the need to have an agreement to allow for joint efforts when necessary.”…