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Field officers releasing male Wolbachia-Aedes mosquitoes using the mosquito launcher. (Photo: Facebook/Amy Khor)
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SINGAPORE: A project to combat dengue in Singapore by releasing specially bred mosquitoes will be expanded to construction sites and the landed estate area in Marine Parade.
This is the first time such locations are being covered.
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More HDB blocks in existing study sites such as Tampines and Yishun will also be included in the project, said the National Environment Agency (NEA) NEA on Monday (Jul 5).
Singaporean who killed 323 mosquitoes in a month may have destroyed dengue-fighting variants
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In Singapore, a woman recently made the news for killing 323 mosquitos within a single month, but as it turns out, she just might have also destroyed a large number that were specifically meant to lower the spread of the dengue virus.
First bringing up her feat to local social news portal Stomp, the woman named Jen went into detail about how she d gone on a one-month mosquito killing spree and had managed to kill a staggering amount of mosquitoes at her mother s flat in Tampines.
After becoming frustrated at the overwhelming amount of mosquitos flying around and attacking members of her family, Jen decided to fight the problem head on.
December 22, 2020
Stomp
Stamping out mozzies may be an essential life skill in Singapore, but before we get too trigger-happy, it s worth noting that not all of them are pests.
As it turns out, the woman who recently made headlines for killing 323 mosquitoes in one month and collecting their carcasses in meticulously-labelled Ziploc bags may have killed dengue-fighting Wolbachia-Aedes mosquitoes, according to a statement by the National Environmental Agency (NEA).
The woman, identified only as Jen, first approached Stomp on Dec 7 to complain about the number of mosquitoes around her mother s flat at Block 509 Tampines Central 1.
The problem had started in October, she said, adding that the mosquitoes were affecting her family s quality of life by flying around them and occasionally biting them.