Municipality continues tackling dengue-causing mosquitoes in Oman

Oman Tuesday 18/December/2018 10:18 AM
By: Times News Service
Municipality continues tackling dengue-causing mosquitoes in Oman

Muscat: Municipal authorities in Oman have intensified their efforts to combat dengue-causing mosquitoes in the Sultanate.

Methods such as hot fogging and cold ultra-low volume insecticide spraying machines are being used to eliminate mosquitoes.
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In a statement online municipal officials said, “The municipality in Seeb has intensified their inspection against the Aedes aegypti mosquito using hot fogging and cold ultra-low volume spraying machines with pyrethroid insecticides as precautionary steps to combat mosquito breeding sites in the Wilayats.”
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As part of their efforts, authorities will now be moving to Azaiba, Ghala, Ghubra and north and south Al Khuwair to keep a check on the mosquito population.