Jamaica: Following Hurricane Beryl, the threat of mosquito has been looming over Jamaica due to which the authorities have intensified fogging activities. Several communities have been reporting cases of dengue and the recent destruction further enhanced the chances of more cases.
With this, the fogging activities are conducted by the authorities every day, morning and evening across Jamaica. Medical Entomologist and National Programme Manager for Vector Control in the Ministry, Sherine Huntley Jones added that their team has been approaching houses to clean them properly in order to reduce the threat of the mosquitoes.
She added that the mosquitoes could be found at the corners of the windows and into the holes, and the fogging is the only way to reduce its threat. Huntley urged the people to open their windows and doors when their team reached their houses for fogging.
She also announced the guidelines related to fogging and advised the public that if they find difficulty with fogging, then people should inform the victor control team.
For the fogging schedule, a total of 400 temporary workers have been employed for the work and another 1,000 will be added to the list. The workers will be sent to different communities across the island to strengthen eradication activities and reduce the case of mosquitoes.
The major focus of the authorities will be ridding areas of the Aedes aegypti mosquito which has the ability to create cases of the dengue virus. The authorities have decided to pay special attention to the high-risk communities.
Notably, the common breeding sites for the Aedes aegypti mosquito are drums, tyres, buckets and aminal feeding containers. The authorities have encouraged the public to search their surroundings at home and work at least once per week to enhance the community people. The activities aare aimed to combat the breeding of the mosquito and to cover water containers which are important to mitigate its spread.
