In addition, the temperature is expected to be cool, which means that mosquito activity will be limited. Successful ground spraying depends on contact with flying mosquitoes. 4418, pager 482-2968. DEM will issue additional bulletins on an as needed basis to report on new information. This Protocol also governs state-local coordination on prevention, preparedness and response.
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The DEM Mosquito Information line will be manned extended hours Tuesday through Thursday this week. West Nile Virus has been found in two new communities - Coventry and South Kingstown. A crow collected at Westwood Estates Mobile Home Park in Coventry on August 27 tested positive for the virus at the University of Rhode Island's mosquito virus testing laboratory. The lab reported the results to DEM on Sunday evening. Confirmatory tests from the United States Department of Agriculture Laboratory in Ames, Iowa received by DEM Monday morning, September 5, confirmed West Nile Virus in a horse stabled in South Kingstown that was euthanized on August 28.