Ready, Set, Repel!
Let’s learn more about malaria in honour of today’s World Malaria Day. Do not take this lightly, because it only takes one bite from an infected mosquito to infect someone with deadly parasites! All about malaria: Understanding and combatting the disease “Probably the worst headache, body aches, and chills you could ever imagine. I could […]
Mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus found in Israel
JERUSALEM: Mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus were identified in the Arava Valley in southeastern Israel, Xinhua quoted the state’s health and environmental protection ministries on Wednesday. Regional councils were required to monitor the situation and, if necessary, exterminate the mosquitoes after they were found in four villages along Highway 90, near the Jordanian border. […]
Council removes coloured used tyres from road
MIRI: Miri City Council (MCC) has removed all coloured used tyres which were formerly utilised as planter boxes along the Miri-Bintulu Road from the Sea Horse Roundabout to Miri Airport traffic light junction. These tyres will now be used as planter boxes for plants and shrubs at the council’s Plant Nursery instead to reduce the […]
Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes to combat dengue
GEORGE TOWN: Penang has released mosquitoes infected with a harmless bacterium known as Wolbachia, to reduce the population of wild dengue-transmitting aedes mosquitoes. Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the pilot project was carried out on Nov 19 last year in eight locations in Penang, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. He said three out of the eight locations […]
