Massachusetts towns set voluntary curfew amid EEE case

( NewsNation ) — A voluntary evening lockdown has been enacted in four Massachusetts towns amid a potentially fatal mosquito-born disease .

The towns of Webster, Oxford, Sutton and Douglas made the decision following confirmation of the first human case of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in Worcester County since 2020.

Massachusetts health officials said 12 cases of EE in 2019 resulted in six deaths, and one death from five cases the following year…

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