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Will County panel warns of tick and mosquito season; Powassan surveillance cited as reason for expanded testing
Summary
County health staff told the Public Health and Safety Committee that larvicide training and a six‑drag tick surveillance program are under way, and that Powassan virus detection in Illinois last year highlights the value of the state’s tick‑tracking grants. Officials said ER visits for tick‑related incidents have already doubled this year compared with last.
Sean Connors, introduced by the department for the committee’s update, told members that Will County is entering West Nile and tick season and that the department has run a larvicide seminar for participating municipalities.
"Through our grant program, we purchased larvicide, and we distribute it to the municipalities that are interested in it," Connors said, explaining that trained municipal staff hold certificates allowing them to apply larvicide in stagnant water and catch basins.
Connors described the county’s tick…
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