The Columbiana County and Mahoning County well being districts every acquired funding from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Mosquito Control Grant Program.

State Rep. Lauren McNally, D-Youngstown, introduced the awarding of $25,000 to Mahoning County Public Health and $19,900 to Columbiana County Public Health.

“These funds can help with surveillance and control of mosquitoes as well as community education and outreach. It is really important for the public to be informed about the risk mosquitoes can be to their overall health,” McNally mentioned in a press launch. “It’s nice that both of these counties received funding from the state and that their awards were at or near the total amount available for a grantee.”

The program by means of the OEPA is a collaborative effort between the Ohio EPA and the Ohio Department of Health “and was developed to help local governments reduce and monitor the potential for an outbreak of mosquito-borne viruses such as Zika, West Nile and La Cross Encephalitis.”

In a press launch from Mahoning County Public Health, one of many mosquito management measures talked about was spraying for grownup mosquito management. Spraying will assist scale back the inhabitants of mosquitos and assist forestall the unfold of mosquito borne illnesses resembling West Nile Virus. Adult Mosquito Control will happen within the following native areas inside Mahoning County: Canfield Fairgrounds June 19, Chaparral Campgrounds July 24 and Coy Park Aug. 21. Spraying shall be carried out between nightfall and daybreak and if wet or windy circumstances are current, then spraying shall be postponed. Anyone with beehives in these areas ought to name the Environmental Health Division (330-270-2855) so spraying could be averted in these areas.