CHANGES ARE CREATING OPTIMAL CONDITIONS AND ONE COMMUNITY IS RECOMMENDING A CURFEW. >> TONIGHT, CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS ON HIGH ALERT FOR A POTENTIALLY DEADLY MOSQUITO-BORNE VIRUS AFTER AN ELDERLY MAN BECAME THE CASE SINCE 2020. EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS CAN CAUSE SEVERE NEUROLOGICAL ISSUES AND THEY'RE RECOMMENDING A 6:00 P.M. TO SUNRISE CURFEW WHEN MOSQUITOS ARE MOST ACTIVE. DR. KAVITA PATEL. >> HOW WORRIED SHOULD WE BE ABOUT THIS? >> IF I THINK IF YOU'RE IN A WARM PART OF THE COUNTRY YOU SHOULD BE CONCERNED ENOUGH THAT YOU SHOULD PROTECT YOURSELF. REPORT REPORT THAT INCLUDES WEST NILE VIRUS IN 32 STATE. ONE OF THOS CASES DR. ANTHONY FAUCI RECENTLY HOSPITALIZED WITH THE VIRUS. >> IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE SEEING MORE MOSQUITOS. ARE THERE MORE MOSQUITOS OUT? >> WE ARE SEEING MORE MOSQUITO ACTIVITY THAN IN SUMMERS PAST AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING A LONGER AND MORE PROTRACTED SUMMER SEASON. >> SO HOW CAN YOU KEEP SAFE? APPLY INSECT REPELLENT, WEAR PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND DON'T HAVE STANDING WATER