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MRCU targets dengue fever
The Mosquito Research and Control Unit has begun its pre?season dengue prevention campaign in George Town.
MRCU crews will be spraying insecticide near residences in order to reduce numbers of Aedes aegypti, the dengue mosquito. The spraying campaign will take the MRCU crews into other districts in the coming weeks.
This phase of MRCU?s disease prevention campaign is targeting Aedes aegypti, the mosquito responsible for transmitting Dengue fever, which remains a serious problem in the Caribbean and Central/ South American regions.
Residents are reminded that they can do their part by reducing standing water in their yards where the mosquitoes breed and larvae develop, by turning over buckets, draining plant pots and unblocking guttering, states a press release.
In order to reach possible breeding areas near homes the MRCU crews will be entering resident?s yards to spray insecticide.
Residents can identify MRCU crews by their personal protective suits and by the spray equipment they?ll be carrying. Crews will also be driving vehicles that display a government crest.
MRCU Assistant Director Dr. Alan Wheeler reassures the public that insecticide chemicals are carefully applied by trained MRCU officers and pose no danger to people or pets.
For more information about the Dengue prevention campaign contact the MRCU at 949?2557.
The Mosquito Research and Control Unit has begun its pre?season dengue prevention campaign in George Town.
MRCU crews will be spraying insecticide near residences in order to reduce numbers of Aedes aegypti, the dengue mosquito. The spraying campaign will take the MRCU crews into other districts in the coming weeks.
This phase of MRCU?s disease prevention campaign is targeting Aedes aegypti, the mosquito responsible for transmitting Dengue fever, which remains a serious problem in the Caribbean and Central/ South American regions.
Residents are reminded that they can do their part by reducing standing water in their yards where the mosquitoes breed and larvae develop, by turning over buckets, draining plant pots and unblocking guttering, states a press release.
In order to reach possible breeding areas near homes the MRCU crews will be entering resident?s yards to spray insecticide.
Residents can identify MRCU crews by their personal protective suits and by the spray equipment they?ll be carrying. Crews will also be driving vehicles that display a government crest.
MRCU Assistant Director Dr. Alan Wheeler reassures the public that insecticide chemicals are carefully applied by trained MRCU officers and pose no danger to people or pets.
For more information about the Dengue prevention campaign contact the MRCU at 949?2557.