Vector Control Division News Today

Harris County Public Health officials confirm West Nile Virus in a Houston mosquito sample, prompting evening spray operations to begin Wednesday.

Harris County Public Health’s Mosquito and Vector Control Division located the sample at a mosquito-trapping site inside the 610 Loop in Houston's 77019 area code.

CITY HALL is cracking down on homeowners who pile up rubbish inside their compounds, or outside their fences, as these discarded objects have the potential to become a breeding ground for Aedes mosquitoes.

The city is working with Orkin on the program.

RATEPAYERS who pile up rubbish inside their compounds could find themselves RM1,000 poorer for allowing their premises to become a public nuisance or potential breeding ground for harmful pests, especially Aedes mosquitoes.

THE owners of some undeveloped land in Kg Tatahan, Inanam, will be asked to provide their tenants with a collection service to ensure that the garbage generated by those living on the property is disposed of the properly.

CITY Hall has instructed the owner of a vacant Luyang house to attend to the unkempt greenery in his yard and will be requesting that a government body do the same for another in the Karamunsing area.

City Hall (DBKK) has cleared a total of 4,557 used tyres so far this year, from 16 separate locations from Kepayan to Telipok.

RATEPAYERS in one part of Manggatal have been taken to task for illegally occupying the common area outside their compounds as their belongings are making it difficult for the local authorities to cut the grass and clean the drains on these reserves.

CITY HALL is monitoring the goings-on at an open space on Jalan Khidmat to deter illegal dumps from springing up along the road, after finding piles of used-tyres in this part of Kolombong.