Four Massachusetts towns are under voluntary lockdowns as the potentially deadly mosquito-borne disease Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) spreads across the state.
Last detected in Worcester County in 2020, Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) hospitalized one local man already this year, with the infected person , who lives in Oxford, one of the four towns under a lockdown, “courageously battling this virus ,” a Wednesday memo from the town’s manager said, according to Fox News Digital.
The other towns under lockdowns are Douglas, Sutton and Webster — all municipalities in Worcester County, which is located in the middle south of the state near the borders with Connecticut and Rhode Island.
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Oxford’s Board of Health voted on Wednesday to support the recommendation for a voluntary lockdown, which stipulates that residents should remain indoors after 6 p.m. to minimize the chances of contracting the disease through mosquito exposure.