Areas to be sprayed in North Kingstown include Wickford Village, and the Belleville, Allentown and Hamilton neighborhoods. The virus first appeared in America last year when it sickened 62 people in New York City and killed 7. This year just 9 people have been infected, all but one in New York. The virus is carried by mosquitoes and so far in Rhode Island and Massachusetts has killed crows and, in Wakefield, a horse. The virus is fatal in humans 3 to 15 percent of the time.
Most people fight off the virus.
The elderly and those with weakened immune systems are most at risk.