SINGAPORE: A project to fight dengue by releasing specially bred mosquitoes will be expanded to eight more public housing locations, covering an additional 1,400 HDB blocks. The releases of male Wolbachia-Aedes mosquitoes in these new areas will start in July, Minister for Sustainability and
SINGAPORE: A project to fight dengue by releasing specially bred mosquitoes will be expanded to eight more public housing locations, covering an additional 1,400 HDB blocks.
Project Wolbachia-Singapore involves the release of male mosquitoes infected with the Wolbachia bacteria. When these specially bred mosquitoes mate with urban female Aedes aegyptiReleases will also take place at some construction sites and non-HDB residential sites in dengue high-risk areas, Ms Fu added.
The project currently covers around 1,800 HDB blocks across study sites in Yishun, Tampines, Choa Chu Kang and Bukit Batok towns, and within five square kilometres of landed estate at Marine Parade, comprising about 160,000 homes.
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