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Short Bites Monthly 

Your digest for August 2021.

August 2021 📅

Short Bites Monthly ensures that our data as a public health agency remains transparent to the public and to people who are interested in our mission.

In your community 💛🏡

  • Enhanced trapping is conducted in areas where arbovirus activity and other risk factors are observed.
  • Enhanced neighborhood support has been conducted in several neighborhoods that includes door to door property inspections and delivery of educational material. The effort is to identify and eliminate residential sources of mosquito habitat. Our staff alerts residents to West Nile virus threats and teach them how to protect themselves.
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Image of our outreach efforts during the past month.

 in education 👨🏽‍🏫📚

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Education Specialist, Kriztian Luna, educates through the game of Mosquito Loteria.
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in disease control & monitoring 🔬🦟🦠

  • The surveillance team continues to detect West Nile virus activity in birds and mosquitoes throughout the District
  • The Operations department responds to each case with enhanced investigation and control measures
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The Surveillance department collects mosquito samples from your community.

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🖋 Written by Ally Gaspar, Outreach Assistant