{"id":366382,"date":"2026-08-08T18:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/366382\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:46:07","slug":"county-issues-mosquito-borne-illness-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/366382\/","title":{"rendered":"County issues mosquito-borne illness warning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August 8, 2026 &#8211; Pinellas County Mosquito Control has &#8220;seen increased transmission of mosquito-borne viruses in the county and surrounding Tampa Bay area and is urging residents to protect themselves and their loved ones,&#8221; according to a prepared statement released Friday. Organization representatives wrote that the best way to prevent mosquito bites is by following the 3Ds: dress, defend and dump. Individuals should dress in &#8220;light-colored, long-sleeved clothing,&#8221; utilize insect repellent and dump or &#8220;cover standing water.&#8221; For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/pinellas.gov\/news\/with-spike-in-mosquito-borne-illness-detection-take-extra-care-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">visit this link.\u00a0<\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stpetecatalyst.com\/zaps\" class=\"btn btn-aqua\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More Zaps<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/stpetecatalyst.com\" class=\"btn btn-aqua\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Frontpage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"August 8, 2026 &#8211; Pinellas County Mosquito Control has &#8220;seen increased transmission of mosquito-borne viruses in the county&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-366382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}