{"id":22348,"date":"2018-07-20T16:20:55","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T20:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=22348"},"modified":"2018-07-20T16:20:55","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T20:20:55","slug":"public-notice-unscheduled-mosquito-control-spraying-in-harford-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2018\/07\/20\/public-notice-unscheduled-mosquito-control-spraying-in-harford-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Notice: Unscheduled Mosquito Control Spraying in Harford County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ANNAPOLIS, MD\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Harford County Health Department will expand mosquito control services in the Bel Air area due to a public health concern over the potential for mosquito-borne diseases.<\/p>\n<p>Ultra-Low Volume (ULV) truck-based spraying to control adult mosquitoes is scheduled for the evening of Sunday, July 22. Spraying will occur after 7:30 p.m., weather permitting. Any existing spray exemptions in the area will be temporarily suspended. People should avoid outdoor activities on spray nights.<\/p>\n<p>While not all mosquitoes carry diseases, the Maryland Department of Agriculture suggests that residents take precautions to minimize their exposure to mosquito bites. These measures include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wear long, loose fitting, light colored clothing<\/li>\n<li>Wear insect repellents according to product labels<\/li>\n<li>Avoid mosquito infested areas during prime periods of activity (between dusk and dawn)<\/li>\n<li>Install, inspect, and repair window and door screens in homes and stables<\/li>\n<li>Regularly clean bird baths and bowls for pet food and water<\/li>\n<li>Remove or empty all water-holding containers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All Marylanders are encouraged to follow the Department\u2019s Twitter feed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/MdAgMosquito\">@MdAgMosquito<\/a> that will post unscheduled spray events and other timely information about mosquito control in Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, call the Department of Agriculture\u2019s Mosquito Control Program at 410-841-5870.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong># # #<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNAPOLIS, MD\u00a0\u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the Harford County Health Department will expand mosquito control services in the Bel Air area due to a public health concern over the potential for mosquito-borne diseases. Ultra-Low Volume (ULV) truck-based spraying to control adult mosquitoes is scheduled for the evening of Sunday, July 22.<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2018\/07\/20\/public-notice-unscheduled-mosquito-control-spraying-in-harford-county\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":168,"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-22348","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\/22348","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\/168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22348"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22351,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22348\/revisions\/22351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}