With a 26-year-old woman onfirmed today to be suffering from Japanese encephalitis, Hong Kong’s first reported case of this year of the mosquito-borne disease, workers of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department flocked to areas near the woman’s living estate to get rid of the mosquitoes.
It’s probably no coincidence that the 52-year-old man who was confirmed to have contracted the same disease last year lives in the same estate, Tin Heng Estate in Tin Shui Wai.
About 10 workers in protective gear equipped with mosquito repellent spray, oil and sand went to areas near Tin Hang Estate to rid of the mosquitoes and clear away potential mosquito breeding places.
According to the department, it’s believed that the area is prone for the disease because there is a pig farm nearby and wild birds, reports the Oriental Daily.
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