ANNAPOLIS, MD<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with Prince George\u2019s County Health Department will expand mosquito control services in Riverdale due to a public health concern over the potential for mosquito-borne diseases, including West Nile virus and Zika virus.<\/p>\n Mosquito control truck-based spraying will occur on Wednesday, August 24,\u00a0weather permitting, in Riverdale Park area of Riverdale.<\/p>\n Spraying will begin at or after 7:30 p.m. Any existing spray exemptions in the area will be temporarily suspended. People should avoid outdoor activities on spray nights.<\/p>\n Please cooperate with state and local officials who may be in your neighborhood working to protect public health. It is critical that Maryland residents continue to survey their properties and their communities and eliminate or treat mosquito breeding sites, which includes emptying all containers of water around the home and yard.<\/p>\n For more information, including: Frequently Asked Questions, 30-second videos on how to control mosquitoes around the home, tips on how to rid your community of mosquito breeding sites, and tips on how to avoid mosquito bites, visit: www.mda.maryland.gov\/zika<\/a><\/p>\n All Marylanders are encouraged to follow the Department\u2019s new Twitter feed @MdAgMosquito<\/a> that will post unscheduled spray events and other timely information about mosquito control in Maryland.<\/p>\n # # #<\/p>\n Follow Maryland Department of Agriculture on Twitter @MdAgDept<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ANNAPOLIS, MD\u00a0\u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with Prince George\u2019s County Health Department will expand mosquito control services in Riverdale due to a public health concern over the potential for mosquito-borne diseases, including West Nile virus and Zika virus. Mosquito control truck-based spraying will occur on Wednesday, August 24,\u00a0weather permitting, in Riverdale Park Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20644,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20643\/revisions\/20644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}