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Last week, the meeting of the Local Commission for Monitoring and Control of the Tiger Mosquito took place, among others, the mayor of Aguilas, Mari Carmen Moreno, and the mayor of Sanidad, Rosal�a Casado.

The importance of the detection of breeding sites, prevention and entomological surveillance were the main points addressed at this meeting of the Local Commission;

A body set up last year whose main objective is "to study and develop with the municipal technicians and the company Campos Serrano the necessary actions to prevent the spread of the tiger mosquito in the locality," said Casado.

With regard to the control and extermination actions carried out, as a result of incidents reported by the citizens themselves, in the last year they are estimated at an average of 4.25 per month, 82% of which is private property, while The remaining 18% correspond to public places.

Finally, after the meeting of the Commission, the mayor of Sanidad recalled that along with the measures of entomological surveillance and biocides treatments is essential education and citizen awareness to deal with this invading mosquito.

Married reiterated that this species of mosquito finds its breeding places, mainly in environments of private properties (patios, gardens ...) and that actions as simple as eliminating the water left in the dishes of plants after irrigation, not cause excessive Flooding after watering or renewing water at least three times per week of containers such as animal feeders may be essential as a preventive measure.

Source: Ayuntamiento de �guilas