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The councilman of Health, Angel del Pino, accompanied by the health inspector, Nuria Chinchilla and Lidia Najar, a biologist at the company Lokimica, presented the second edition of the campaign to prevent and control the tiger mosquito in the city of Yecla.
The tiger mosquito was first detected in 2004 in San Cugat del Vallés (Barcelona) and has spread throughout the Mediterranean basin.
It can grow in containers containing a small amount of standing water as buckets, drums, dishes flowerpot, fountains, sprues, caps ...
This mosquito transmitted diseases such as dengue and yellow fever, typical of African areas.
Although in our country there have been no cases of transmission of these diseases.
The City Council made through this campaign control the appearance of this insect in public areas but 80% of cases comes from private properties, so the councilman of Health has reiterated the vital need to educate the citizens so you can exercise guidelines to follow to avoid creation.
To do this, you must maintain prevention measures maintaining adequate levels of chlorine, protecting wells and cisterns, watching drip irrigation, renewing the water drinkers animals, pouring water into drainage avoiding containers that can collect standing water , as explained by the inspector of Health, Nuria Chinchilla.
Yecla City Council has commissioned the company Lokímica, control of possible pests newspaper in the city.
This company has made a presentation of the vehicle and the material used in the Plaza Mayor, and especially act as pilot of the drone in areas controlled test.
In addition to public areas, they could act in private at the time that the particular voice give the possible occurrence of mosquito.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Yecla
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