Help stop the spread of West Nile virus in Contra Costa County by donating old 2-pound coffee cans with lids to the Contra Costa Mosquito & Vector Control District. The district is currently giving away free mosquitofish in coffee cans to residents and it is running out of the cans. Residents put the mosquito fish in backyard ponds and horse troughs in order to curb mosquito breeding. Mosquitofish can eat up to 500 mosquito larvae every day.
Danville residents should be particularly mindful of West Nile virus. As of Tuesday, two more dead birds in Alamo and Danville tested positive, bringing the total of birds confirmed with West Nile virus in Contra Costa County to eight. A sparrow was found near Stone Valley Road and Roundhill Road in Alamo. A robin was found near Stone Valley Road and Green Valley Road in Danville. No humans or horses have contracted West Nile in Contra Costa County to date. But so far this year, two elderly men from Riverside County and Kings County have died from the virus.
Cans can be dropped off for the district at 155 Mason Circle in Concord. Leave cans by the gate if the office is closed. For more information, call the district at 685 9301.
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