FOR A DRY TUESDAY. AND I'LLL YOU ABOUT THE NEXT BATCH OF RAIN YOU CAN EXPECT LATER IN THE SHOW. >> GOOD DEAL. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. WELL, GROWING CONCERNS ABOUT THE WEST NILE VIRUS AROUND THE COUNTRY. AFTER SEVERAL PEOPLE, INCLUDING DOCTOR FAUCI, TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS RIGHT HERE AT HOME. >> THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS SPRAYING FOR MOSQUITOES TONIGHT. FOX EIGHT'S LINDA SCHMIDT TAKES A LOOK AT WHY HEALTH EXPERTS ARE EXTRA WORRIED ABOUT THE VIRUS THIS YEAR. >> WELL, THE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TRAPS MOSQUITOES IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGHOUT THE FIVE BOROUGHS AND ROUTINELY TESTS THEM FOR WEST NILE VIRUS. WELL, THEY HAVE DETECTED THE VIRUS IN EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO BE SPRAYING, INCLUDING RIGHT HERE IN EAST HARLEM. IT IS SOMETHING WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT MUCH ANYMORE. WEST NILE VIRUS. MOSQUITOES ARE THE CULPRIT, BUT THE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN SPRAYING FOR THE VIRUS SINCE IT WAS FIRST DISCOVERED IN THE CITY BACK IN 1999. >> THIS PARTICULAR VIRUS IS STAYING IN NEW YORK CITY AND IS ACTUALLY ENDEMIC TO NEW YORK CITY, WHICH MEANS, YOU KNOW, IT CAN OCCUR EVERY YEAR, ALMOST EVERY YEAR. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEEN VERY HIGH ACTIVITY OF THIS VIRUS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK. THE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL BE SPRAYING IN NUMEROUS NEIGHBORHOODS IN MANHATTAN TONIGHT AND IN BROOKLYN ON WEDNESDAY. >> YOU WILL SEE THE TRUCKS SPRAYING THE PESTICIDES. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS AND KEEP THEIR WINDOWS CLOSED, EVEN THOUGH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THE PESTICIDES ARE NOT HARMFUL. >> THE MAIN PESTICIDE, WHICH WE ARE USING IS ACTUALLY VERY ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PEST PESTICIDE. YOU KNOW, AND IT DOES NOT HAVE MUCH IMPACT ON HUMANS. YOU KNOW, SAFE PESTICIDES FROM HUMAN POINT OF VIEW AND ALSO FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL POINT OF VIEW. >> DOCTOR WAHEED BAJWA SAYS MOST PEOPLE WHO GET WEST NILE VIRUS DO NOT SHOW ANY SYMPTOMS, BUT THERE ARE SYMPTOMS TO WATCH FOR SOME COMMON SYMPTOMS, INCLUDING FEVER, FATIGUE, HEADACHE, YOU KNOW, BODY ACHE, YOU KNOW, AND ALSO SOMETIMES SKIN RASHES. AND ONCE AGAIN, THE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL BE SPRAYING IN MULTIPLE SECTIONS OF MANHATTAN STARTING AT 830 TONIGHT UNTIL 6 A.M. TOMORROW. AND IN BROO