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From ticks to mosquitoes... Aerial spraying is EXPANDING to more parts of the state. The goal is to cut-down on mosquitoes with Triple-E. Spraying will start on Sunday in Worcester County and Middlesex County. A second round is scheduled for tonight in parts of Plymouth County and Bristol County. 37 communities are at high or critical risk for Triple-E. Two people have been diagnosed this summer.

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The Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources are conducting another round of aerial spraying for mosquitoes in communities at high risk of the Eastern equine encephalitis virus.Spraying will take place in parts of Worcester and Middlesex counties beginning Sunday and is expected to continue for several evenings. This comes after the DPH confirmed Aug. 16 that a Grafton man between the ages of 19 and 30 was the second human EEE case in the state this year.The list of communities entirely in the spray zone includes Marlborough in Middlesex County and Grafton, Southborough and Westborough in Worcester County.The following communities are partially in the spray zone:Middlesex County: Ashland, Framingham, Hopkinton, SudburyWorcester County: Berlin, Milford, Millbury, Northbridge, Northborough, Shrewsbury, Sutton, Upton, WorcesterA second round of aerial spraying was set to begin Wednesday in parts of Bristol and Plymouth counties and is expected to continue for several evenings. Those areas were initially sprayed Aug. 8 and over the following days.Shortly after the initial round of aerial spraying began, state health officials confirmed on Aug. 10 that a man older than 60 from southern Plymouth County tested positive for EEE. The man's family told WCVB that he is a Rochester resident.On Aug. 16, the Department of Public Health said a young goat in Bristol County contracted the virus.The list of communities entirely within the latest spray zone for Bristol and Plymouth counties includes the following:Bristol County: Acushnet, Berkley, Dighton, Freetown, Norton, Raynham, TauntonPlymouth County: Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, Carver, Hanson, Halifax, Lakeville, Middleborough, Pembroke, Plympton, Rochester, West Bridgewater, WhitmanThe following Bristol and Plymouth county communities are partially in the spray zone:Bristol County: Attleboro, Darmouth, Easton, Fairhaven, Fall River, Mansfield, New Bedford, Rehoboth, Somerset, SwanseaPlymouth County: Abington, Brockton, Duxbury, Hanover, Kingston, Marion, Marshfield, Mattapoisett, Norwell, Plymouth, Rockland, WarehamResidents are encouraged to visit the DPH website at this link for the latest updates on spraying in their communities. So far this year, 37 communities in Massachusetts have been found by the Department of Public Health to be at high or critical risk for the EEE virus.EEE is a rare but serious and potentially fatal disease that can affect people of all ages. EEE is generally spread to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito, the DPH said.