Gov. Andrew Cuomo launched a new plan on Friday to prevent an outbreak of the
Zika virus and target the mosquitos that may carry the disease.
Andrew Cuomo
The state will give out 100,000 larvicide tablets to New Yorkers to kill mosquito larvae, and set 1,000 traps to catch 60,000 of the bug’s aedes albopictus species each month and test them for Zika.
“We want to be prepared. We want to be head of it. And we want to be taking aggressive action to make sure that we’re doing everything we can to combat the possible spread of Zika,” Cuomo said at a briefing at his Midtown office with Health Commissioner Howard Zucker.
The state will give out 100,000 larvicide tablets to New Yorkers to kill mosquito larvae, and set 1,000 traps to catch 60,000 of the bug’s aedes albopictus species each month and test them for Zika.
“We want to be prepared. We want to be head of it. And we want to be taking aggressive action to make sure that we’re doing everything we can to combat the possible spread of Zika,” Cuomo said at a briefing at his Midtown office with Health Commissioner Howard Zucker.
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