Dallas Declares State of Emergency Over West Nile
August 16, 2012"Dallas County officials have declared a state of emergency while fighting a particularly nasty West Nile outbreak. At least 190 people have been infected and 10 have died in Dallas alone, and the virus is spreading quickly—in some areas, 95 percent of tested mosquitoes are carrying it. As of Monday, 381 infections and 16 deaths had been reported in more than two dozen Texas counties, compared with 27 infections reported statewide last year, the Los Angeles Times reports. The emergency declaration allows for state money and resources to help combat the outbreak. For example: The county has deployed aerial insecticide spraying for the first time since 1966."
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