This decrease in risk comes as winter brings an end to mosquito season. This year, Massachusetts has seen 12 cases of EEE in humans, of which four patients died.
The proposal seeks to install 40 new surveillance cameras along Massachusetts Avenue near the Boston University Medical Campus. This comes after a recent stabbing in the area resulted in one arrest and one death.
Central and Southeastern Massachusetts are at critical risk for Eastern Equine Encephalitis-carrying mosquitoes. There have been four cases of EEE in Massachusetts residents so far this year.
