{"id":207283,"date":"2012-08-17T16:48:38","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T21:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=207283"},"modified":"2012-08-19T08:03:50","modified_gmt":"2012-08-19T13:03:50","slug":"first-west-nile-death-in-east-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=207283","title":{"rendered":"First West Nile Death in East Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=206924\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-206924\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2012\/08\/mosquitoes1.bmp\" alt=\"\" title=\"mosquitoes\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-206924\" \/><\/a>LONGVIEW \u2014 The Public Health Department has confirmed that one person in Gregg County has died after contracting the West Nile Virus.  According to KETK, this is the first death caused by the virus in East Texas.  Details are limited, but we will bring you more as they become available.<\/p>\n<p>The Tyler-based Northeast Texas Public Health District advises citizens to avoid breeding mosquitoes by eliminating standing water around their homes.  To avoid contact with the mosquitoes, the recommendation is to wear long sleeves and long pants when outside, apply insect repellent before going out, and avoid the outdoors during the dusk and dawn hours when mosquitoes are most active.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say the Health District will continue to work with the media to report positive West Nile Virus activity in the area so that the citizens of Smith County and other counties can be aware of potentially high risk local areas and take appropriate action.  Anyone with questions concerning mosquito-borne illnesses may contact the Northeast Texas Public Health District, Disease Surveillance Division at 903-595-1350.  For current confirmed human case counts, prevention tips, and much more, you can visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.healthyeasttx.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.healthyeasttx.org<\/a> and click on the West Nile Virus link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONGVIEW \u2014 The Public Health Department has confirmed that one person in Gregg County has died after contracting the West Nile Virus. According to KETK, this is the first death caused by the virus in East Texas. Details are limited, but we will bring you more as they become available. The Tyler-based Northeast Texas Public &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=207283\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">First West Nile Death in East Texas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-03 09:35:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=207283"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207410,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207283\/revisions\/207410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=207283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=207283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=207283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}