Sahas Wattanawiphat
sprays insecticides to kill mosquitoes to combat dengue fever and
malaria.
Warunya Thongrod
Pattaya has declared war on mosquitoes, sending
workers armed with insecticide around the city daily to combat dengue
fever and malaria.
Twelve workers from the Center or Disease Control and
Prevention are targeting high-risk areas and educating home and business
owners on ways to reduce mosquito populations, such as removing any
standing water from their property. Workers on March 22 sprayed the area
between Walking Street and Bali Hai Pier and are responding to requests
for other areas.
Sahas Wattanawiphat of the Public Health and
Environment Department office admitted the city has only 12 workers to
do the job and far more places that need to be sprayed. Further, he
said, the process takes time as to completely rid an area of mosquitoes,
it must be sprayed daily for a month.
Success, Sahas added, “also depends on residents to
lend a helping hand in investigating their own homes for sources of
mosquitoes because residents cannot rely on the public sector alone due
to the low number of personnel.”
Residents can obtain advice and abatement sand from
the Center for Disease Control and Prevention offices on Soi 6 and or
Soi Buakaow or by calling 038-429-738.
