The Health Ministry has denied that Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes have been released in Negri Sembilan as claimed in a video that has gone viral.
Health deputy director-general Datuk Dr Norhayati Rusli instead said the video was related to the ministry’s malaria eradication programme and had nothing to do with the dengue control programme using Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes.
According to Dr Norhayati, female Aedes mosquitoes need blood in order to produce eggs, while both male and female Aedes mosquitoes feed on plant nectar to survive. Dr Norhayati said a study conducted in Malaysia from 2017 to 2019 showed that the number of dengue cases dropped by 50% to 80% in localities where Wolbachia-infected Aedes mosquitoes were released, compared to areas where Wolbachia-infected Aedes mosquitoes were not released.
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