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By Travis Andersen
GLOBE STAFF
and Jeremy C. Fox
GLOBE CORRESPONDENT
State public health officials
are continuing to monitor the
dangerous mosquito-borne dis-
ease Eastern equine encephali-
tis after confirming Friday that
a second person in Massachu-
setts had contracted the virus.
The Department of Public
Health says scores of commu-
nities in the state are currently
considered at risk — and more
could be added to the list.
“Changes to [EEE] risk as-
sessments (at the high or criti-
cal level) happen whenever da-
ta are received that indicate
that the risk level has in-
creased,” said Omar Cabrera, a
spokesman for the DPH, via e-
mail on Monday. “Because
those data come from many

different sources, it is not pos-

sible to plan for their occur-

rence.”

Cabrera added that the risk

“from mosquito-borne disease

will persist until the first hard

frostwhichkillsoffanyre-

maining mosquitoes. The risk

levels are maintained until that

time to serve as a reminder for

residents to take precautions

against mosquito bites.”

The DPH said Friday that

“across Massachusetts, there

are 19 communities now at

critical risk, 18 at high risk,

and 24 at moderate risk for the

EEE virus as determined by

DPH.” By Monday, the tally

stood at 19 critical, 18 high,

and 37 at moderate risk, Cabre-

ra said.

Communities at critical risk

include Hopkinton, Grafton,

Northbridge, Shrewsbury,

Southborough, Upton, West-

borough, Easton, Norton and

Raynham, according to the

DPH. High-risk communities

include Framingham, Marlbor-

ough, Millbury, Northborough,

and Sutton, the DPH said Fri-

day.

Public health officials in

Boston, meanwhile, have

scheduled spraying for Monday

and Wednesday nights in parts

of Hyde Park and West Rox-

bury.

“Spraying is scheduled for

Hyde Park neighborhoods lo-

cated between Hyde Park Ave-

nue and the Stony Brook Res-

ervation,” the Boston Public

Health Commission said in a

statement. “Spraying is also

scheduled for West Roxbury

neighborhoods in the vicinity

of Eagle Street, Cowing Street,

Pine Lodge Road, and Centre

Terrace.”

More spraying will occur in

East Boston on Tuesday and

Thursday evenings.

“Spraying is scheduled for

neighborhoods located near

Orient Heights, including

streets in the vicinity of Orient

Avenue, Boardman Street, An-

drew Road, and Horace Street

in East Boston,” the Boston

Public Health Commission said

in a follow-up statement Mon-

day.

The DPH statement Friday

urged residents in the all affect-

ed areas to stay safe.

“All residents are reminded

that they should continue to

use mosquito repellent and

those in high and critical risk

communities should consider

staying indoors during the

dusk to dawn hours to reduce

exposure to mosquitoes,” the

DPH said in Friday’s state-

ment. “Last week DPH and the

MassachusettsDepartmentof

Agricultural Resources

(MDAR) conducted aerial

spraying in specific areas of

Bristol and Plymouth counties

to reduce the mosquito popula-

tion and public health risk.

Aerial spraying began August 8

and was completed the night of

August 11. A second round is

being planned” for later this

week.

Thetwopeoplewhorecent-

ly contacted EEE are a man be-

tween the ages of 19 and 30 in

eastern Worcester County, and

another man in southern Plym-

outh County, according to offi-

cials.

EEE is a serious and poten-

tially fatal disease that can be

spread from mosquitoes to oth-

er animals and humans. People

under the age of 15 are particu-

larly at risk, according to the

DPH.

The state Department of

Conservation and Recreation

has also canceled evening pro-

gramming at a number of state

parks, including Berkley State

Forest, Borderland State Park,

Dighton Rock State Park, Free-

town-Fall River State Forest,

Fort Phoenix State Reserva-

tion, Kingston State Forest,

Massasoit State Park, Myles

Standish State Forest, Nas-

ketucket Bay State Reserva-

tion, Rehoboth State Forest,

Callahan State Park, Cochitu-

ate State Park, Hopkinton State

Park, Purgatory Chasm State

Reservation, Sudbury Reser-

voir, and Upton State Forest.

The evening programming

will be halted “until the EEE vi-

rus risk levels have decreased,”

the agency said in a weekend

statement.

The DPH urges the public to

take several precautions to

guard against mosquito bites,

including applying insect re-

pellent when outdoors, being

aware of peak mosquito hours

from dusk to dawn, wearing

long sleeves, pants and socks,

draining standing water, and

installing or repairing screens.

Globe Correspondent Maria

Lovato contributed to this

report. Travis Andersen can be

reached at

[email protected].

Follow him on Twitter

@TAGlobe.

State health officials keeping a close eye on EEE threat

Risk levels may

rise as spraying set

By Jeremy C. Fox
GLOBE CORRESPONDENT
Carlos. Mariee. Felipe.
Jakelin. Wilmer. Darlyn. Juan.
The names and photos of
seven migrant children who
died in US custody adorned a
child-sized white coffin out-
side the John F. Kennedy Fed-
eral Building on Monday
morning, as Christian, Jewish,
and Muslim leaders prayed,
sang, and shouted appeals for
immigration reform.
“No child... should die
senselessly in the confines of a
cage,” Bishop Dwayne Royster,
national political director for
the nonpartisan advocacy
group Faith in Action, one of
the event’s organizers, told the
crowd of more than 100.
“No child should be sepa-
rated from their parents be-
cause their parents are striving
to get them to a place where

they can grow up with life,

liberty, and the pursuit of

happiness,” Royster said. “No

child [should] die because

their parents are brown and

come from Mexico and Central

America and South America,

because they are black and

come from the Caribbean and

Africa.”

Volunteer pallbearers plan

to carry the cardboard coffin

76 miles in a funeral proces-

sion to the Strafford County

House of Corrections in Dover,

N.H., where US Immigration

and Customs Enforcement de-

tains some undocumented im-

migrants.

In Dover, the Boston group

plans to meet pallbearers mak-

ing pilgrimages from New

Hampshire, Vermont, and

Maine as they call on elected

officials and 2020 presidential

candidates to end the deten-

tion and deportation of undoc-

umented immigrants until the

United States overhauls its im-

migration policy.

President Trump has made

immigration a central issue of

his presidency and his 2020

reelection campaign, aggres-

sively seeking to limit the

number of migrants entering

the United States and to re-

move undocumented immi-

grants and even some who

have legal status.

Hilda Macario, a Guatema-

lan immigrant and mother of

four small children, told the

Government Center crowd

about her husband Jose’s

nearly three-month detention.

“We are worried because

without him, we don’t know

what will happen to me and

my girls,” Macario said in

Spanish through an interpret-

er. “He is our support, and we

need him to return.”

Fawaz Abusharkh, a board

member of the Islamic Society

of the North Shore, told the

crowd that all prejudice grows

from the same rotten seed.

“Anti-LGBTQ, anti-Semi-

tism, anti-immigration, Islam-

ophobia, it’s... the same

thing, even though it might

sound different or look differ-

ent.... The enemy is the same,

with many different faces and

colors, but also the solution is

the same,” he said. “The solu-

tion is us.”

Holly Aloha Jaynes, the

longtime activist and artist

who built the cardboard coffin

at her Marblehead home,

painted it white to symbolize

the children’s innocence, she

said, and decorated it with col-

orful heart shapes, as a child

might.

“Kind of ironic, isn’t it?” she

mused. “Decorated for a child,

because it is for a child. A child

who is no longer living.”

Jeremy C. Fox can be reached

at [email protected].

Follow him on Twitter

@jeremycfox.

ProtestersbeginmarchtoN.H.callingforimmigrationreform

By Alyssa Lukpat
GLOBE CORRESPONDENT
A flock of British fighter
jets soared over Boston for the
first time Monday morning,
releasing their signature
stream of red, white, and blue
contrails.
The Royal Air Force Aero-
batic Team’s Red Arrows flew
for 10 minutes over the Boston
Harbor and waterfront around
11:20 a.m., said Paolo DiFabio,
a spokesman for the British
Consulate-General Boston.
In the Seaport District,
hundreds of people, including
families and workers taking a
break from their desks, sat
along the water’s edge and
lolled in the grass, eagerly
awaiting the planes.
Suzanne Brooks, 53, of
Wilmington, joked that the
Red Arrows had come specifi-
cally for her husband Scott’s
54th birthday. “They knew we
were coming,” she said with a
laugh. The manager of the En-
voy Hotel, where they were
staying to celebrate, told them
about the show.
Brooks, whose father was
once stationed at the Hanscom
Air Force Base, said she loved
airshows and watched the
Thunderbirds perform every
summer in her childhood.
“Your heart pounds out of
your chest when they fly over,”
she said. “It’ll be nice to com-
pare.”
Sanjay Patel, 45, of
Waltham sat in metal chair
flanked by his two sons, all
three sporting sunglasses.
The Red Arrows show
made up for not being able to
attend the Chicago Air and
Water Show this year, he said.
“This at least gives us 10
minutes of what is hours of fun
in Chicago,” Patel said. “When
you see the precision, the
speed, what they start doing,
it’s insane.”
The city skyline, Patel said,
offered a unique backdrop for
the acrobatic show.
“You usually see this in a
field — not in the city,” Patel
said.
“We were joking that
they’re going to take us over,

recapture the colony,” Patel

said of the British fighter jets.

Ashley Naeve, 32, said she

had never seen an airshow be-

fore and had lengthened her

walk with her dog Boss to

make it to the harbor. “I’ve al-

ways wanted to see an air-

show. It’s neat that it’s in the

neighborhood.”

Although Boss usually tilts

his head up at the sound of

planes overhead, Naeve said,

the 10-year-old greyhound was

too tired to look up now. On

this sweltering day, Boss was

busy lapping water from his

bowl as the red jets flew in for-

mation across the harbor.

“That was faster than I ex-

pected,” Naeve said. Moments

later, the planes returned for

another pass.

DiFabio said the jets flew

north to south past the Tobin

Bridge, over the USS Constitu-

tion, then past the waterfront

and out toward the Harbor Is-

lands, before doubling back

along the same route and land-

ing at Logan.

Charles L. Simon, who

works for the Cosentini Associ-

ates engineering firm, gazed

out into the harbor with a Diet

Coke in one hand and a white

helmet at his feet. He had been

on his way to get a coffee near

a Seaport building he was in-

specting, when someone told

him the Red Arrows were com-

ing.

“This is kind of exciting to

break up the day,” Simon said.

“It’s pretty impressive.”

Although he said he could

not see the faroff jets very well,

he was able to snap a photo be-

fore his phone died.

Sarah Snelling and Sandi

Campbell, two Brits on vaca-

tion in Boston, said they were

excited to see the Red Arrows

here.

“It felt patriotic,” Snelling

said. “I felt very proud.”

Campbell, who grew up in

Scotland, said she used to

watch them from her child-

hood home. Now living in Lon-

don, the two said they watch

the Red Arrows nearly every

year, when the jets participate

in a “salute to the Queen” on

her birthday.

“It was really weird to see it

in Boston, 3,000 miles away,”

Campbell said.

The Red Arrows’ tour aims

to showcase British innovation

and engineering, according to

the Royal Air Force.

The Red Arrows are on an

11-week North American tour

that started in Halifax, Nova

Scotia July 8 and will end in

Rapid City, South Dakota Oct.

8, the statement said.

The tour marks the first

time in over a decade that the

Red Arrows have visited the

United States, according to

Andrew Morton, spokesman

for the Royal Air Force Acro-

batic team.

The British Consulate-Gen-

eral Boston is offering prizes

for the best flyover photos

shared on social media with

the hashtag #RedArrowsTour.

Alyssa Lukpat can be reached

at [email protected].

Follow her on Twitter

@AlyssaLukpat.

British fighter jets paint skies over Boston

NIC ANTAYA FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

The Red Arrows of the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team performed a flyover across the Boston skyline, drawing spectators to the Seaport District.

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Protesters in Boston Monday prayed over a coffin replica

dedicated to deceased immigrant children.