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Mosquito Spraying Scheduled This Week Across Central Mass.

MARLBORO (CBS) - A few central Massachusetts communities will by conducting spraying this week after the discovery of mosquitoes infected with EEE.

WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Kim Tunnicliffe reports.

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Truck-based ground spraying will get underway after 8 p.m. Monday in the northeast corner of Marlboro.

The decision was made after recent mosquito test samples taken in neighboring Sudbury tested positive for EEE.

EEE was also detected in mosquito samples tested in Westboro. Spraying will be conducted in that town soon.

Meanwhile in Shrewsbury, a pool of mosquitoes tested positive for West Nile Virus. Crews will conduct spraying on the south side of that town on Tuesday night.

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