SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS RADIO) – Mosquitos infected with West Nile Virus have been detected in the southern part of Milpitas in the South Bay.
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Santa Clara County plans to spray the area with a low-dose insecticide as a precaution.
West Nile has been common in California since 2003, killing 400 people in almost 20 years.
To combat the spread of the infected mosquitos, the Alameda County Vector Control Services District trucks will be out in the South Bay city spraying insecticide mist at 10 p.m. Thursday night.
"We apply it at a very low volume where it's a very, very fine mist and it’s only deadly to mosquitos," a Vector Control spokesperson told KCBS Radio.
The mosquitos were found in a section of Milpitas under the zip code 95035.
The spraying will last about three hours, but residents can also take steps ahead of time to help fight the insects.
"Dumping or draining stagnant water around their home, fixing leaky faucets, fixing broken sprinklers and not over watering their plants, all of that helps reduce mosquito breeding sites," officials advised.
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