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Miami-Dade County Mosquito Control releases mosquito trap locationsMichael.Hernandez@miamidade.gov
305-375-1545305-798-2554
Gayle Love
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Frank Calderon
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305-375-4815786-516-1001
MIAMI (September 28, 2016) ? The Miami-Dade County Mosquito Control Division released today the locations of mosquito traps on Miami Beach where pools, or batches, of mosquitoes had tested positive for Zika.
?As I have stated many times before, Miami-Dade County remains committed to the health and safety of our residents and visitors, and to absolute transparency in our communications with the community we serve,? said Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez. ?The Department of Health instructed the County, on multiple occasions, to withhold information related to the exact location of the Zika-positive mosquito traps. Now that the County has been granted permission ? via an email from the Florida Surgeon General ? to release this information, we are releasing the addresses. This will be our protocol going forward: We will disclose the locations of any such traps that test positive for Zika to both the property owner and to anyone else who inquires. It is also important to note that while we did have five traps that tested positive for Zika on dates ranging from August 22 to September 9, multiple subsequent tests have since been conducted, and all of those tests came back negative.?
Mosquitoes trapped at five locations on Miami Beach tested positive for Zika. Each location tested positive only once; subsequent tests conducted on mosquitoes trapped at these locations yielded negative results. Immediately after notification of the positive test results at each location, Miami-Dade Mosquito Control responded and treated the respective properties and surrounding areas, as per its standard protocol.
Attached is the chart showing (PDF format):
- The date the positive pools of mosquitoes were trapped
- The locations of the traps
- The number of pools of mosquitoes sent in for testing subsequent to the positive tests
- The dates these additional negative pools of mosquitoes were collected for testing
Miami-Dade residents who wish to report a mosquito nuisance should call 311 or download the 311 app athttp://www.miamidade.gov/mobile-applications/. Information on the County?s Mosquito Control program is available atwww.miamidade.gov/mosquito.