This is resource intensive, and efforts are underway to obtain permission for subsequent treatments in the event that no one is home at the time an applicator is in their area. Treatments are continuing in the core area in response to the new finds. In addition, ground bait treatments were applied to host materials within a 200 meter radius of the two finds outside the core area. No health related concerns have been reported. These finds will not impact the size of the treatment area.
Ground crews continue to apply to host materials in the buffer zones around sensitive sites.
Regulatory personnel have conducted 445 inspections and signed 71 compliance agreements. Final DNA results are in, and the more refined DNA analysis remains consistent with the flies detected in the Tampa area last year. The next aerial treatment is scheduled for Saturday morning. Treatment days have been moved to Saturday to give us Sunday if environmental conditions aren't favorable. While that helps miss children at bus stops or unloading at school, it is also the time when wind speeds are more likely to start increasing, and it gives a shorter window for application while most people are indoors.