It must have been so bad that the Selangor government has decided to try using toxo (elephant) mosquitoes to get rid of aedes — mosquitoes that eat larvae of other mosquitos and, sometimes, even their own.
Hardcore.
Health, Entrepreneur Development, Science, Technology and Innovation Committee chairman, Dr Daroyah Alwi said today that they were currently trying out this method to reduce dengue cases in the state, Bernama reports.
“The toxo mosquito method conducted at Pangsapuri Sri Tanjung, USJ 6, Subang Jaya and Kampung Seri Aman, Puchong had significantly reduced dengue cases. However, the method is still at experiment stage and its effectiveness is being monitored regularly,” she reportedly said in Parliament.
The number of dengue cases in Petaling — the district with the highest number of cases — has dropped, she said, from 547 cases on March 21 to 433 cases on March 28.
