Despite the hot and humid weather in the country, the Makati City local government is already anticipating the coming rainy season and with it, the dengue season. | ManilaBulletin
According to Makati City Mayor Abby Binay, the city government has already started its anti-dengue cleanup drives in the different parts of the city as well as its information dissemination campaign to further increase the public's awareness about the disease and how to prevent it.
Binay said the cleanup drive started in Barangay Rizal on April 4 where aside from cleaning up the barangay's road and clearing up of its waterways and canals, the city government also installed ovi-larvi traps in several key locations determined by its experts. Ovi-larvi traps attracts egg-laying female mosquitoes and kills their eggs and larvae for it to not grow anymore.
Binay said that the city will also conduct space spraying or misting operation in dengue high-risk areas during the rainy season. Each kit contains a 250 ml mosquito repellent lotion and a wrist band with four citronella capsules that last up to three months per piece.
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