An Ontario city is reminding people to be vigilant after a batch of mosquitos recently tested positive for West Nile virus.
An adult mosquito is shown in a laboratory in the Middlesex-London Health Unit kicked off in Strathroy, Ont. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dave Chidley
This is the first time this year that the mosquito-bourne illness has been found in the southwestern Ontario city. Residents are being reminded to protect themselves against mosquito bites by using bug spray containing DEET or Icaridin, avoiding areas where mosquitoes are known to be present, covering up and wearing light coloured long sleeves and long pants when in wooded areas, on the golf course, or in the garden, especially at dawn and dusk when mosquitoes are most active.
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