Pattaya goes to war on dengue in Thepprasit, Kophai

PATTAYA:--Pattaya public health workers took their campaign against dengue fever to the streets of the Thepprasit Market and Soi Kophai Community, both spraying pesticide and educating residents on how to eliminate mosquito-breeding areas.

City Councilman Choosak Sriwatjanapong led the Jan. 17 delegation to the Keha Thepprasit area. Among those attending were teachers and students from Aksorn School.

Public health workers sprayed pesticide and urged residents to eliminate any standing water where mosquitos can lay eggs. Tubs and buckets should be covered, they said. Residents were given abate and shown how to use it.

Deputy Mayor Verawat Khakhay was out the following day with a crew in the Soi Kophai area with the Pattaya Surveillance and Rapid Response Team and community leaders.

Dengue cases have surged in recent months and are expected to grow year-on-year by 16% in 2016, according to as the Department of Disease Control.

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-- Pattaya Mail 2016-01-29

Great stuff. But what about the massive ponds all over that area? Lots of mozzies there!!

So if you are aware of a large potential problem area , who do you contact to get it sprayed?

There are two schools of thought regarding mosquitoes and their breeding: 1) deny the females the water in which to lay in which case they will go elsewhere; or 2) provide water complete with hungry fish and/or insecticide.

From time to time we have the Teseban come & fog on our mooban. A chain, however, is only as strong as its weakest link. Some dog owners refuse to allow this fogging lest their precious pooch suffers and to hell with the neighbours' kids.