Kearney said he would call the county health department today to see what could be done. More than 18,000 acres in the Rome area will be sprayed, said Sean Clive, senior sanitarian with the county health department. County Health Department Supervising Sanitarian Nick DeRosa said a tentative spray date is scheduled for Wednesday. After that, the Verona area will be sprayed, but no specific plans for that area were made by Wednesday night, DeRosa said. Although several local residents recently have been tested for West Nile, no positive human cases have been confirmed in Oneida County.
Some results are pending.
This year, six humans have tested positive for the virus, all downstate. Last year, the virus killed seven people and sickened more than 60 others statewide. Mosquitoes in their larval stage also aren't affected by the synthetic pesticide. Wednesday, Fred Sadallah of Winchester Drive in New Hartford said someone in the county government should be held accountable for what happened to his family and neighbors Monday night during the spraying. Shortly after 7 p.m., Sadallah, his wife and two kids and their neighbors' kids were having a cookout and swimming in the family's pool, when the Duflo airplane flew over the neighborhood, dropping pesticide.