In a recent revelation that may seem ironic to some, New Jersey's Democratic Governor Phil Murphy stated that New Jersey can no longer accommodate more illegal immigrants, despite his 2017 campaign pledge to transform the entire state into a "sanctuary state."
In November 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that MosquitoMate, Inc. had submitted plans to infect live male mosquitoes with a bacteria called "Wolbachia pipientis," which enhances WNV infection.